Sunday • May 5 • 2024
Vol.XVI • No.XVIII
Manchester, N.H.
During the runup to his 2016 presidential election victory, former President Donald Trump made illegal immigration and border security one of the primary aspects of his campaign’s platform. He would frequently encourage chants of “Build the Wall” at his rallies, and he wasn’t shy about calling out the problems America was facing due to the border crisis.
Put simply: Donald Trump was the face of the “Tighten Immigration” movement. That is… until now.
Though Arizona’s Republican Governor Doug Ducey has also been vocal in addressing the out-of-control influx of immigrants over our southern border, and even though Ducey has taken similar steps to curtail the flood, it is Texas Governor Greg Abbott who has been the most prominent in the debate and who has received much of the media attention as a result.
After his pleas for federal relief from the burden the migrants placed on his state continually fell on deaf ears, Abbott has been sending scores of busloads full of illegal immigrants northward to blue cities since April. Initially, Democratic mayors such as Eric Adams of New York and Muriel Bowser in Washington D.C. had lectured Ducey and Abbot to be tolerant and compassionate to the immigrants. But now that both cities are finding the immigrants landing on their own doorstep, they are attacking the two governors.
The face of the counter-immigration movement is no longer Donald Trump, it is Greg Abbott. And not only is Abbott winning the debate against Adams and Bowser, but he also appears to be having a major impact on public opinion on the matter across the country.
According to Forbes:
“Support for immigration has hit a two-year low, according to a new Gallup poll released Monday, as a political battle heats up over Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s strategy to send migrants from the Mexican border to Washington D.C. and New York City.
27% of respondents said immigration should be expanded, marking a downward shift from a peak of 34% that supported increasing immigration in 2020 and breaking a 65-year steady rise in support for immigration, according to the poll of 1,013 people conducted between July 5 and July 26.
38% said immigration numbers should decrease, up from 28% in 2020, while 31% believe it should be kept at the present level.”
As Rush Limbaugh might say, “For those of you in Rio Linda, let’s summarize that math.” In only two years. The opinions regarding immigration have virtually reversed. The poll shows that support for expanding immigration has declined by 7%, whereas support for decreasing immigration has increased by 10%. That’s a whopping 17% shift in public opinion in only two years. The drop in support for immigration has declined almost as sharply as President Joe Biden’s approval rating.
So, what is the cause? Why has there been such a dramatic turnaround? Abbott’s maneuver with the immigrant buses has resulted in two notable results. First, his busing of the illegal immigrants to the northeast has heightened awareness of the problem with the overall electorate by illustrating that it’s not just a Texas and Arizona problem. It’s a problem for the whole country and one that affects all of us.
Jordan Case writes at The Blue State Conservative.
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Covid-19 is the greatest medical fraud perpetrated on humanity. The Covid-19 countermeasures, including the “vaccines,” masks, and testing, are the largest unethical coerced harmful medical, psychological, sociological, and political experiments and torture conducted on humans.
It appears to be part of or being used to support the World Economic Forum’s “Great Reset”. Notably, the vaccine manufacturers Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, and Pfizer are all partners of the World Economic Forum. The Covid-19 scenario made us a soft target, and we are under siege.
Our “leadership” from 2020-present has, for the most part, allowed and perpetrated the fraud and “soft murder.” The few leaders who resisted did it in a titanic sort of way; they half filled the few lifeboats we had with the rich and powerful while they locked the poor and vulnerable below deck!
Future proposed leadership is lining up to cover it up with platitudes and the “oh well, fall in line” approach. They trust that you will either be enslaved, dead, doped up on social media, or will have forgotten who authorized this when your children and grandchildren demonstrate that they have mental, emotional, and physical disabilities and/ or infertility issues because of the Covid-19 countermeasures (God forbid!).
Yeah, we all know the “masks don’t work,” and the “government has no business mandating an experimental vaccine.” That is common sense! Such platitudes dressed up as platforms are meant to allow you to corral yourself with your own imagination of the possibility of your salvation without commitment to specific actions on the part of the candidate. Without a clear positive, unifying ideology, there will be no clear objectives; without clear objectives, there will be failure. Slow, agonizing failure.
Has political change actually ever occurred through vague platitudes? No. The Democrat leadership knows this better than Republicans! It is evident in how they have specific objectives, and they never compromise on their objectives; they hold the line politically, they have an ideology and they push it without apology. They pull the Republicans, and The People, with them. The Democrat leadership is winning and will continue to win, so long as they can articulate their ideology and objectives better than you can, even if their ideology and objectives are harmful. Democrats are bold, so others are sold.
We need to immediately and clearly articulate our Founding ideology as one of free will, local relationships, personal faith, and entrepreneurship expressed through Individual Rights, State Sovereignty, and continued U.S. unity and Independence. We need to take the initiative with specific peaceful actions that will immediately remedy the harm done and stop harm to come. To take back the initiative, we must act, not merely react.
With your support, we will accomplish the following with regard to “public health.” Sponsor legislation to end all Federally mandated vaccinations and other countermeasures like masks and testing. Sponsor legislation to have those who mandated Covid-19 countermeasures be suspended, investigated, and prosecuted for violations of treaties, as well as Federal laws such as the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act. Sponsor legislation that clearly states that mandated vaccinations, and other mandated medical countermeasures, are violations of the Second Amendment because they violate its underlying premise, bodily integrity.
Sponsor legislation to investigate the existence, identification, and origin of Sars-Cov-2 and disclose to the public the entire truth. Sponsor legislation to repeal the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, thereby making vaccine manufacturers liable for their vaccines once again. Sponsor legislation under Article 4 Section 4 of the U.S. Constitution to audit the States for violations of their Republican form of government during the declared states of Emergency. Sponsor legislation to cancel and prevent treaties that threaten our independence and bodily integrity. Finally, sponsor legislation to make whole, the best we can, the lives that have been destroyed by the Covid-19 scenario and the Covid-19 countermeasures.
It is not enough to want change in a positive direction. It is not enough to talk about it, tweet about it, share it on Facebook, complain about it, rage about it, dream about it, hope for it, pat yourself on the back because you know you are right; those things only dissipate your energy, you actually have to vote for it! And, you have to be able and willing to communicate to your opponent, in a civil and convincing manner, why you are voting for it, so they too have the opportunity to get on board. If we focus our peaceful opposition and propositions on principles, not people, we can change minds!
The above-proposed actions will revitalize our freedom and prosperity on one front, public health.
Popular sovereignty means you “choose your own adventure”! What will you vote for next?
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As promised in the last Monday Memes, I have an overflow. My meme cup runneth over. Not sure about a Friday Overflow-Overflow. We’ll see.
Now, let the mayhem, mockery, and ridicule resume:
*** Warning, a few possibly off-color ones, in case tender eyes are about ***
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Anyone remember Pelosi encouraging attendance at the “Lunar Festival”? De Blasio encouraging people to go out and travel? Never mind the whole nursing home scandals… “coincidentally” in Democrat states but the figures were used to attack Trump. Remember: Communists have murdered over 100 million civilians in multiple attempts to advance The Cause. You think dead Americans would deter them? They’re bend on creating Socialistopia – no matter what the price. You think they wouldn’t be taking Ivermectin or HCQ or other things and encouraging Covid to spread as a way to get Trump out?
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I’d be down with that.
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Pick of the post:
If the greatest lie in the world is Satan convincing humans he doesn’t exist – yes, Satan exists even in Judaism – then the next greatest lie is the Globalist cabal saying there is no Globalist cabal. And in this, and Bart’s reply, is IMHO some hope. For while they’ve been planning this for decades if not centuries, their arrogance is clear. Arrogant people make mistakes. And with them trying to pull the schedule ahead – doubtless because their arrogance did not predict the pushback they’re getting – people trying to hurry also make mistakes.
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Too soft a life leads to civilizational collapse. Parts 1 and 2 of my essay on that:
Civilizational Collapse and Biology (Part 1) – Urban Scoop
Civilizational Collapse and Biology (Part 2) – Urban Scoop
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Palate cleanser:
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We live in interesting times, if by interesting, you mean FUBAR. Many of the world’s leaders lost their minds in recent years, and the people, too many of them, just followed along. But have things gone too far?
Here in the West, and the US in particular, the authoritarian tick is having fits. People guilty of little more than trespassing (and most not even that) have been indefinitely detained. And now the FBI is comfortable raiding the home of a former president.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation raided the Mar-a-Lago home of Donald Trump. What happened? Did he complain to the local school board? That’s domestic terrorism, as is being patriotic, quoting the Founders, or having a Gadsden flag (if they need an excuse). What happens when the Pride and BLM flags become symbols of the same?
Related: Lessons (Advice) for Victims of Left-Wing Domestic Terrorism (So, All of Us)
What? You don’t think that could never happen? That’s a mistake.
As each day passes, the list of suspect behavior by this Stasi arm of the DOJ grows longer, and there’s no reason to believe it won’t just abuse power because it can.
So, who holds them accountable?
In America, the US Congress has oversight, but under Democrat control, they have often ignored the law, twisted it, or dismissed it, invoking authority to punish political opponents, but they’ve broken fresh ground.
Neither political party has EVER violated the post-term immunity of former presidents that has distinguished America from every corrupt two-bit government pretending to be democratic while imprisoning their political opponents. It has been that guarantee that the has created the union of 50 states and secured the country’s politics would remain civil whereby the power was always a peaceful transition from one party to the other.
The Democrats have already declared war on America, but this is new, and some people are rightfully outraged but is it for the right reason?
Being me doing what I do with my spare time, people like to ask my opinion; What do you think about the FBI raid on Mar-a-Lago?
My response is simple.
Regardless of political preference, if you sit idle or condone this, you set a dangerous precedent. Any or every future government will use its police powers to intimidate or punish political opponents on a whim, including former Presidents. And for any reason they can imagine.
Police state road rage got Obama donor and Epstein Lawyer, Magistrate Bruce Reinhart, to sign THE warrant. Does he know he’ll be immortalized in history for it as the “judge” who opened the door on this Pandora’s political box?
Maybe this would be a good time to ask your candidates for Congress; what would the FBI find if it raided your home? What would a forensic IRS audit uncover? How good would that look on local or national television?
Related: In “Leaked Memo” FBI … Identifies Itself as Militant Domestic Terror Group
You just happen to be on “the wrong side” of an issue, a debate, an opinion, or registered to the wrong political party. And remember, all you have to do is appear to refuse to cooperate (they get to decide what that means), and you can be arrested and detained for process crimes while they figure out how else they could charge you.
How about you, average citizen? Are you prepared for a world where Government Agents randomly invade homes because of ideological or political leanings, an opinion, or a tweet?
And don’t assume that your side will be in power in perpetuity and you have nothing to fear. History is top-heavy with examples of why that’s the opposite of what happens when this sort of behavior goes unchallenged for too long. It’s why they try not to teach it.
Is anyone out there prepared to question the motivations of the FBI and their handlers? It’s the job of Congress, so everyone running for those offices should be asked their opinion (The Government Integrity Project has two opportunities in NH, by the way. Sat. Aug 13th, and Sunday, Aug 14th.)
Related: DHS: If You Question the Government’s COVID Response, You Are a ‘Domestic Violent Extremist’
What are your thoughts about the raid on Mr. Trump’s home, candidate for Congress? Is this the “justice” system we deserve the FBI America needs or wants, and if so, why? If not, what are you (future member of Congress) prepared to do about it?
If you want to be in Congress, what’s your plan?
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Liberty Ballot will make multiple rounds of recommendations for the 2022 New Hampshire Republican Primary. In the second round, Liberty Ballot recommends Jose Cambrils, Elizabeth Ferreira, Michael Sylvia, Doris Hohensee, Larry Borland, and Katy Peternel for State Representative.
Jose Cambrils for State Representative Merrimack County District 4Jose Cambrils was born in 1960 in Cuba. When Cambrils was five, his family moved to New England to escape the Fidel Castro regime. Having escaped communism, Cambrils works hard to spread the word about free market capitalism throughout New Hampshire. Cambrils received a 100% from the New Hampshire Liberty Alliance in 2021. Cambrils is running to represent Canterbury and Loudon. Get involved with Cambrils’ campaign at http://jose4nh.org
Elizabeth Ferreira for State Representative Hillsborough County District 5Elizabeth Ferreira previously served in the New Hampshire House. Ferrira worked hard to promote freedom and defend the New Hampshire Advantage. Ferreira was endorsed by Americans for Prosperity – New Hampshire. Ferrira is running to represent Ward 1 in Nashua.
Michael Sylvia for State Representative Belknap County District 4Michael Sylvia has been attacked by liberals, progressives, and RINOs for years because of his principled voting record and firm understanding of liberty. Sylvia focus at the State House is government transparency, including the Right To Know law and civil asset forfeiture reform. Sylvia is running for reelection in Belmont. Learn more about and help Sylvia at https://mikesylvia.org/
Doris Hohensee for State Representative Hillsborough County District 6Doris Hohensee thinks outside the box. Hohensee is running to uphold the rule of law, make sure New Hampshire stays reopened, and allow small businesses and families to thrive. Hohensee is running to represent Ward 3 in Nashua. Learn more about and help Hohensee at https://www.facebook.com/NashuaStateRep
Larry Borland and Katy Peternel for State Representative Carroll County District 6Larry Borland and Katy Peternel are a doctor and nurse combo. In addition to Borland’s time as a medical doctor, he is a life member of the National Rifle Association and former school board president. Peternel is a nurse, a coach, a member of the Women’s Defense League, and part of the New Hampshire Farm Bureau. Peternel is running to protect liberty, support strong families, support educational choice, and for fiscal responsibility. They are running to represent Tuftonboro and Wolfeboro. Learn more about and help Peternel at https://www.vote-katy.com/
CONTACT: James Thomas libertyinthegranitestate@gmail.com.
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This is probably one of the warmer summers we have had in New England in while and maybe where you live as well. But the only exception is that we’ve not had one like it recently, which might the why the Climate Cults US front man, Creepy Joe Biden, was prompted to claim it was the third hottest.
It’s not Joe’s fault. NOAA made the claim, maybe to avoid a 5 am FBI raid, but more likely because they (Like Joe) are compromised by money. But it’s still not true. All you need do is ignore the third rail media and look at the data.
Lucky, for us, we have Tony Heller. He’s got the data, downloaded, crunched, and even has software that helps generate trends and charts, and hey, just like with COVID, with their data.
Even their data says they are lying.
Related: Yes, It’s Hot. It’s July. But Has It Been Hotter for Longer? Yup!
You can see when they tamper and when they lie, and they are lying about July. And yes, for much of the US it was hot, but was it the third hottest ever? Not even close.
Tony first lays out the facts about where July 2022 actually falls in the historical record and then shows you how they created the lie that led to the fake news, that July 2022 was the third hottest.
Check it Out!
Related: 2016: Hottest July Ever? Still not Even Close, 2019: Sorry, July 2019 was NOT the Hottest on Record
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To A-G Merrick Garland, The “DoJ,” Washington, DC
Dear Sir, Greetings from New Hampshire. I am currently a candidate for US House of Reps from this state’s District 1. No need for me to say if I am “D” or “R,” as it doesn’t matter. I am an ordinary American and could be either D or R. Who cares?
I don’t know your background, Mr. Garland. It is possible you are an immigrant. If so, first of all, welcome! Second, please know that you are just as worthy as a native-born. Americans of all colors and sizes are glad that their compatriots are of all colors and sizes. It makes life interesting, and solidarity gives crucial protection. Ah, America!
Today I saw a video on the Internet about our recent president, Donald Trump. It had to do with a raid on his home in Florida. People are saying, rightly or wrongly, that you have loosed your dogs on him as a sort of party vengeance. Or party competition.
Politics are, in essence, competitive. You, as a D, are free to trounce the Rs. You can make jokes about them, roast them, or give campaign donations to defeat them. That’s perfectly acceptable. Only a party pooper (no pun intended) would object.
In my opinion, you can also write up a smart prosecutorial case against a particular R. The law’s the law, isn’t it? It’s color blind. Did the aforementioned ex-president commit a grave crime? I, personally, would give him hell. To hush up a crime is exactly what we don’t want. It bespeaks protecting the powerful — and we can’t have that.
There were war-crime charges against Pres George W Bush. But when Obama got the gig, he — in effect — pardoned Bush by not allowing the matter to be pursued. In 1974, when Ford pardoned Nixon, officially, it was seen to be an R doing a favor for an R. Kind of naughty. But in 2009, Obama — a D — protected an R from criminal charges. That’s worse! It practically screams, “We, the powerful, gotta stick together.”
Never mind, Sir, I did not mean to go off on that track. You are chasing after an ex-president, which I approve of. But, as I mentioned, people are saying you are huddling with the D’s in the DoJ, maybe champaigning it. It’s really not OK. We don’t do that; it is degrading. People around the world are already worried that we have lost our clout. And our legacy. And now, our style?
Why am I suspicious of the Florida raid? I have not yet heard why you ordered it, but I assume it has to do with the January 6 affair. It looks to me that that Invasion was a theatrical set-up. (As is everything, quote unquote Sandy Hook, Boston Marathon, etc.) What about the lady who was breaking the glass? Have you figured out who organized that? She surely didn’t need it as a means of entry to the Capitol; the doors were open. What about the Viking costume with the horns — who scripted that?
I guess you think Donald Trump arranged for the Invasion. What could have been his motive? For ruffians to get rough with Pence? That is totally absurd. Pence was in the counting House, counting out the ballots. Every word of it is recorded in the Congressional Record of Jan 6. The proper procedure of 3 USC 15 was followed to a T. No one tried to get Pence to sidestep his role. Not even the 138 R’s who raised challenges to the envelopes from Arizona, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. Law prevailed; it was beautiful. Ah, America.
But now, the method of getting at the truth is to “invade” Mar-a Lago. Can you see the CNN editorials? “They found Melania’s lingerie in the conservatory….”
Look, Mr. Garland, you screwed up. It was a mistake, and an apology may suffice to end it. We do NOT want that FBI raid to appear in our history books. It’s not done. It’s not us. Searching for evidence is OK, but not super-partisan and not done as a power play. The nation is mortified.
By the way, did you do any raiding over the destruction caused by “rioters” in Seattle last year? If you did, let me know, and maybe I’ll rethink this whole thing.
Here’s a video of me proposing to have Adam Schiff expelled for his outrageous handling of the Jan 6 “hearings”:
Yours sincerely,
Mary Maxwell
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You may have noticed there are fewer ads in the actual posts today. We are terminating our relationship with an ad company that was underperforming.
Sadly for many, it is not the edge ads that pop up or into the screen. Those are helping pay the bills. You can “avoid” them with a larger display by zooming out to 90% on a PC or laptop (maybe 80%) and other methods I’ve shared when asked.
If we ever get the Grok App built (hint-hint), that mobile experience will be much different from the website mobile version you get now, so that’s in the pipeline (somewhere under the avalanche from Gunstock Mountain). Hopefully, it can get unearthed and pushed forward in the coming days and weeks.
The GrokMeets would be under there, too, if you were wondering.
And yes, there will be something else ad-wise (in-post) at some point, but we’re still fiddling around the edges. We are willing to ditch in-post ads altogether if we can raise by other means the monthly revenue they provide. That also means losing any automated ads if we can afford the change.
We manage and place ads ourselves at the top and in the sidebar, which helps, but it is inconsistent. We need to build consistent revenue streams so we can plan for upgrades and updates and pay the people who keep things on the backend well oiled and working correctly, and there’s that inflation thing crowding in on all of our costs.
Another change you’ll have noticed or not is that GrokTALK! started then disappeared. Scheduling Grok Gauntlets, travel and processing time, and an increase in other responsibilities coming to call precipitated its preemption. This is a hobby, and work and home do this thing where they demand more attention and make “free time” disappear.
Life was having a detrimental impact on the sort of program I wanted to provide, so I pulled the plug until we could do it right, or at least better. As fall and winter arrive, we’ll re-re-re-boot it because that’s what we do.
And our commitment to updating social media, always a challenge, has suffered for similar reasons. It’s been spotty, or perhaps inconsistent is a better word. We’re on Telegram, Minds, Gab, MeWe, Twitter, and a few others. And while it’s always better to just come directly on-site and or get the newsletter, we will maintain a few socials moving forward. Telegram, Minds, Gab, MeWe, and Twitter. The few others are probably going to savor the scent of rhetorical mothballs.
I’ll remind any followers there to get the daily newsletter or just hit the site for new content.
And.
Shortly after announcing that we were going to 9 posts a day, we went back to 11+, and that was because we had the content. You’ll have seen more op-eds in recent weeks and months. We also turned into GunstockGrok for a bit. That is winding down, but the stench lingers, so expect to “smell” updates as they become necessary.
We expect op-eds to continue strong until November and a few weeks after, regardless of the outcome. People will be pleased or pissed and need to celebrate or vent.
We’re here for you.
To close, thanks to everyone for reading, commenting, sharing, and sending us links and articles. I’m sure we’re missing a few, but we try. And we’re happy to share your opinions or other content when we can, but this isn’t a public utility.
We wouldn’t always be looking for ways to raise money if it were. We’d just charge more and blame global warming.
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Such SOARING views in Gunstock Mountain Resort marketing materials. Don’t you just love the speed in following the zip lines or skiers headed downslope? Used to be hard and expensive to get such a shot – now, it’s almost trivial. Find a drone driver, agree to terms, and off you go!
I just sent off another RSA 91:A demand for the paper trails for all instances where Gunstock Mountain Resort has obtained UAV/drone services:
—— Original Message ——
From: “Skip” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
To: ““Doug Lambert”” <dlambert@gunstockcommissioners.org>; ““Jade Wood”” <jwood@gunstockcommissioners.org>; “dstrang@gunstockcommissioners.org” <dstrang@gunstockcommissioners.org>
Sent: 8/8/2022 2:48:38 PM
Subject: RSA 91:A demand – UAV/Drone ServicesCommissioners Strang, Lambert, and Wood,
Please find attached a Right To Know demand (also reproduced below), for documents relating to Gunstock Mountain Resort obtaining Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (“UAV” or “drones”) services to include (but not limited to) marketing and safety inspections.
-Skip
Skip Murphy
Co-Founder, co-owner
GraniteGrok.com | Skip@GraniteGrok.com
Pursuant to the Right to Know Law (RSA. 91-A:4 (I) ), I am demanding access, within 5 business days, to the below enumerated governmental records. Otherwise, if this cannot be fulfilled within the mandated 5 business day window per RSA 91-A, please advise when the Responsive Records will be made available.
This request is for the following documents from January 1, 2020, through to the end of day August 8, 2022, for the following information concerning Gunstock Mountain Resort (“GMR”) acquiring/being the beneficiary of any Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (“UAV” and also commonly referred to as “drones”) services used for safety inspections, marketing video production, or other common services for which UAVs are contracted.
Such documents may include (but not limited to):
Per RSA 91-A:4 IV(c) If you deny any portion of this request, please cite the specific exemption used to justify the denial to make each record, or part thereof, available for inspection along with a brief explanation of how the exemption applies to the information withheld.
As you are aware, in 2016, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled that a governmental body in possession of records is required to produce them in electronic media using standard /common file formats: Green v. SAU #55, 168 N.H. 796, 801 (2016). Unless there is some reason that it is not reasonably practicable for you to produce these records in the requested format, I ask that you either do so or explain why it is not practicable for you to comply.
Please also note, per RSA 91-A:4 III, III-a, and III-b, you are required to maintain the safety and accessibility of such responsive records. This also includes such responsive records (e.g., emails) which may have been deleted from respective Inboxes but are still available on the applicable email server or in your / email host backup system(s).
Please let me know when these records will be sent to me for inspection. You may email the responsive records to me at Skip@GraniteGrok.com. If the volume turns out to be substantial, I have already set up a Dropbox folder for all of the responsive records to be uploaded
Thank you for your lawful attention to this matter.
Sincerely,
Skip Murphy
GraniteGrok.com
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One of the newest members to the town of Hartford (Vermont) Select Board shared an internal letter raising his concerns regarding Town Manager Tracy Yarlot-Davis with members of a couple of Hartford town-focused Facebook pages and requesting residents to consider recalling her.
The board member, who goes by the name Rocket, won his first seat in the last election. Many appreciated his approach to campaigning by offering open dialogue and being candid about his positions, knowledge of issues as well as honesty about things for which he didn’t hold a position or lacked information. Since then he has made himself available to the public both during meetings and outside of them and has kept himself accountable in practice by sharing his thoughts via social media rather than remaining aloof as can be the practice of some board members.
This past week Rocket shared an internal email he sent to fellow members explaining why he’s come to believe Mrs. Yarlot-Davis should be recalled. The letter begins cordially and professionally, with Rocket often declaring his appreciation of the Town Manager’s apparent strengths. However, he goes on to explain his position was galvanized by a multi-lateral faction of complainants who, despite partisan differences, all shared similar concerns regarding her unfitness as Town Manager. The following list taken from his shared email lays out varied reasons for his request.
Here is an incomplete list of troubling rumors I’ve heard about our Town Manager:
• She has a candidate for Police Chief, someone in California, who she’s been holding the spot for. That individual couldn’t get out of his/her contract for a year. The current search is a sham and will end with this person being selected.
• Gail was thrown under the bus for last year’s budget. She was available to help but Tracy insisted she would “show [Hartford] how it’s done”.
• Tracy, Paula, and Hannah (formerly of Public Works) had a bit of a “girls club”. A fallout between the latter two led to Paula pressuring Tracy to prevent Hannah from using a Town vehicle to commute. Hannah privately cited that as a deciding factor to seek work elsewhere.
• In Town Offices, Tracy once jokingly said, “I swear, if I have to talk to one more middle-aged white man…” [imagine if it were any other demographic besides “white man”]
• Our State’s attorney asked/offered to be involved in the search for the Police Chief and was denied.
• Tracy has asked town staff to “find the money”. (I can’t be more specific at this time.)
• Tracy has given all three unions (PD, FD, Public Works) difficulty negotiating for their contracts – often failing/refusing to respond for long periods.
• Tracy has been threatening to quit since shortly after she began, and as recently as earlier this year.
• Our former Town Treasurer stepped down as a result of poor management at the Town Manager level.
• At least two of our department heads are tired of the drama at Town Hall.
• Several department heads feel she is too flippant in meetings and could – politely put – benefit from leadership training. Several cite the fact that she is not a good communicator and/or makes too many jokes, which distract from a professional work environment.
• At least several town staff are exhausted, do not feel supported, and are considering quitting.
• In unrelated cases, a local businessperson and a town staff member – have actively considered some form of legal action against Hartford. Both are a direct result of Tracy. Both have withheld thus far out of civic pride, citing that they don’t want more bad press for our community.
Most of the comments for this Facebook post are affirmations of town people who would sign a petition for her immediate removal. As of today the Vermont Daily Chronicle has not contacted Mrs. Yarlot-Davis for comment but will be following and reporting on this story as it unfolds.
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And no, it wasn’t Matt Mowers (who blew us off at the last minute) – he got zero votes from the GraniteGrok writers. I hope that helps you determine who you’d vote for come September’s New Hampshire Primary.
As you may know, we’ve been doing a series of GrokGauntlets. That is our version of the “round tables” that journalists do. But we ask FAR different questions, and they last about 2 hours. Life isn’t scripted, and we certainly aren’t scripted at all with our questions. A couple of generic questions, sure, and then most are all ad hoc and a bit deeper or probing on matters of policy.
Every GraniteGrok author is invited to attend these sessions and they can more or less ask any questions they want.
When all the candidates have been grilled, everyone has the chance to vote. And we always include an additional “candidate”: No Endorsement in this Race.
The vast majority of the time, that is who is selected (e.g., no one), NO endorsement wins the team vote. But individual Groksters can personally endorse anyone they want in any race they choose on the pages of GraniteGrok, an official GraniteGrok Endorsement takes a majority of the authors.
This time, for the NH CD-1 Grok Writers vote, “No Endorsement” lost.
For the record, were never able to contact the Prescott or the Huff-Brown campaigns even after we let folks know that we were looking for them.
And not only did Matt Mowers decline our invitation but Chuck Morse decided that you folks didn’t need to watch him facing a long and involved questioning as well (we recorded the sessions) for the US Senat contest.
One has to ask why if these folks can’t stand up to a handful of lowly Conservative/Liberty & Freedom bloggers, how the HECK should we expect them to rebuff the media pressure, the Congressional Leadership, the high-priced lobbyists, and all the other advocacy groups that inhabit the Hill?
You know the answer, they can’t.
In CD-1, it was the “Young Guns” candidates that manned up to face us, and we thank them for doing so:
Both are fine candidates, and we’d have no problem with folks choosing one over the other. With all that said, only one could receive an endorsement.
Both reached high to meet the standards on issues and political philosophy that we expect from our elected Representatives. Only one, however, could receive an endorsement. Thus, the roll was called, and the votes cast, and our decision for a GraniteGrok Endorsement is:
Karoline Leavitt.
Her response to my informing her early this afternoon of the decision of the GraniteGrok writers:
“I am honored to receive the endorsement of GraniteGrok, New Hampshire’s home for conservative news, opinion, and activism. Freedom-loving Granite Staters need and deserve a homegrown Representative in Congress who isn’t afraid to take a punch from the Establishment and will fight to put America First again, and I’m proud to be that Candidate. I look forward to winning the Republican Nomination on September 13th and finally beating Chris Pappas in November!”
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In April of this year, NH Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut’s monthly report contained something more than the typical catalog of administrative happenings that one would otherwise likely encounter in such a forum.
Towards the end of the meeting—after a rather quotidian discussion of community surveys and summer camps—the Commissioner presented the Board with a 74-page packet which he labeled as demonstrating “curricular events taking place in schools that reveal a disconnect with standards alignment.”
Indeed, despite Mr. Edelblut’s politely understated synopsis (at least as it appeared in the minutes), the content does not fail to shock.
The packet exposes a veritable epidemic of intimidation, indoctrination, and academic coercion within the public school system. The Commissioner divided the evidence of these ‘disconnected curricular events’ into ten topics, each containing an alarming mixture of screenshots, scans, and surreptitious photos (some apparently having been taken by the victimized students themselves). I shall leave to the reader whether or not the lack of publicity evoked by these revelations is due to media bias.
We want to thank D. S. Dexter Tarbox, Jr. for this Op-Ed. Please direct yours to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.
But since so little coverage does exist, I have lately taken it upon myself to conduct a complete review of the volume.
In each of the ‘ten topics’ there are instances of school activities that range from the ridiculous to the depraved; for instance, pages 31-32 depict a classroom poster espousing the benefits of socialism, while page 63 details a homework assignment requiring students to discuss their sexual orientation with an adult of their choosing.
For the sake of brevity, I will limit my observations below to those items which are uniquely egregious.
One early case relates the story of a woman whose sixth-grade child was made to participate in a “debate” about “a sexual relationship between two men” (p18). The child is described as being uncomfortable upon returning home when—due to his young age—he informed his parents that the debate was about “S-E-X.”
Lest you mistakenly think that the foregoing student’s youth was the baseline for this type of conduct, consider that in March 2022, a fourth-grade Life Sciences class informed parents that its material would be sourced from Amaze.org, a radical leftist organization providing children with information on sexual practices, accessing “sexual healthcare for minors,” and gender identity among other contentious topics (p20).
The Commissioner’s material contains extracts from Amaze.org, such as the quote “yes, there are totally more than two genders” (p22) and “you get to figure out which sexual identity best suits you and what that identity means. Some of these identities are gay, pansexual, lesbian, demisexual, heterosexual, bisexual, asexual and more” (p23).
Later in the packet, we encounter Amaze once again when students in an unidentified class were instructed to view their video entitled “Talking Sexual Orientation with Jane” (p63). In for a penny, in for a pound, I suppose. The assignment goes on to have children “write down [their] own definition of sexual orientation” and then discuss this definition with an adult of their choosing (including “a friend’s parent, someone at school, etc.”), describe it, and obtain the adult’s signature. What could go wrong?
But no cavalcade of woke academic exercises would be complete without worshipping at the temple of Critical Race Theory.
Pages 58-62 of the packet contain extracts from Tiffany Jewell’s controversial 2020 tract, brassily entitled ‘This Book Is Anti-Racist.’ Specifically, it highlights chapter 10, in which students are told that “[they] are attuned to microaggressions and are aware of their impact. [They] see the work institutions have put in over hundreds of years to maintain the structure of racism.” The chapter goes on to describe students by the collective term “folx,” and includes an activity surrounding the police unjustly assaulting an unarmed black man, which the reader should know “happens every day.”
One high school course includes lectures on “White Privilege/White Fragility” (p65) and “Becoming an Activist” (p68). What’s more, the answer key to a ‘Race Literacy Quiz’ appearing on page 73 identifies Thomas Jefferson as the fountainhead of American racism, given that his “new ideas of liberty and equality” necessitated the justification of race-based slavery. Clearly, not even the highest of civic ideals are free from CRT’s captious lens within our schools.
When Commissioner Edelblut was questioned about the State’s policy for responding to these incoming complaints, he elaborated a resolution process that would be initiated between the Department of Education and the offending schools. He further offered that the Department would work to inform parents about the opt-out nature of certain programs.
Let us hope that this process is a robust one.
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General consensus assumes students granted admission to places like Harvard, Yale and Amherst are indoctrinated into “Wokeness”. A Harvard Crimson {Harvard’s student paper} survey has demonstrated this is not the case.
What actually is happening is elite college admissions officers are systematically discriminating against conservative applicants. According to the survey, only 7% of Harvard admissions are conservatives, and they graduate 4%. Progressives constitute 65.6% of Harvard’s admitted class, and Harvard graduates 68.6% progressives.
These elite institutions are among the least diverse places in America, and the process of admission into their utopic club demonstrates systematic discrimination against conservative-leaning kids. They might as well put up a 1950’s Jim Crow or 1970s Apartheid-like sign. No diversity of thought is allowed.
The ramifications of elite conservative admission discrimination are profound. These institutions are the gateways to future American leaders in law, business, and medicine. Law Schoolfaculty and admission officers mirror the undergraduate progressive bias {Harvard has 1% conservative faculty}, but since they are selecting from an applicant pool of elite college progressive graduates, the effect is to concentrate the classes with even more “Woke “narrow-minded progressives. Having never been exposed to diversity of thought, they believe there is only one way to think. Their arrogance is astounding.
We want to thank James Betti for this Op-Ed. Please direct yours to Editor@GraniteGrok.com.
Over 100 Yale law students shut down a bipartisan “free speech event” without consequence. Almost the entire Yale Law School student body, faculty, and over 1000 Yale Law School graduates protested Judge Kavanaugh’s confirmation, knowing full well none of the evidence brought forward against Judge Kavanaugh could survive scrutiny, and Kavanaugh was being denied due process. It didn’t matter because these lawyers {and future lawyers} either choose to ignore or no longer believe in due process. Lady Liberty’s “Equal Justice for All” is crumbling as the legal system’s educated elite abandon freedom of speech, equal protections, and due process.
Business SchoolThe same admission phenomenon is occurring at the country’s great business schools. At a recent Stanford Business School graduation, the class speaker led a chorus of” Not yet” as she listed a series of progressive initiatives. The only thing missing during the future Titians of industry enthusiastic response was standing and thrusting their right hand over their head. Critical masses of “Woke” MBAs are now CEOs of major corporations. Instead of looking out for their investors, they have forced their own political views ahead of their investor’s best interests. Larry Fink’s “ESG {Environment Social Governance}” is the best example. Companies are being forced to meet his woke political ideology or not be funded. The head of the SEC {Security and Exchange Commission} is moving in the same direction. Fortunately, a recent SCOTUS decision stopping the administrative state from imposing regulations on the entire nation without voter approval probably will end this blatant power grab.
Medical SchoolThe very same process of self-selecting “Woke progressives” is happening at Medical Schools. Radical DIE {Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity} courses are being mandated for medical students. Administrators of large health organizations are also mandating similar initiatives. During the last several years, there have been attempts to force social justice preferential care {Think Covid vaccination} on the basis of skin color. One big institution memo instructed physicians to dismiss any patient who asked for a change from a black provider. Physicians have sworn an oath to care for the downtrodden of society; child molesters, murderers, lawyers, and rapists will not be turned away, but if somebody might be bigoted, let them die.
One thousand two hundred physicians violated their Hippocratic oath to do no harm, giving their approval for mass BLM demonstrations during the middle of an epidemic. This bizarre decision had nothing to do with their medical training but demonstrates the danger of ingrained elite social justice “Wokeness.”
American physicians are trained to take care of whoever comes through the door regardless of race, gender, or any other factor. It is often the dredges of society, the violent result of poverty/dysfunctional culture, and the people who neglect their own needs who find their way to our emergency rooms. These people are met by medical professionals where they are, without regard to race, gender, or social-economic status.
Is there anything that can be done about the systematic discrimination occurring at our Elite institutions?South African Apartheid and 1950s Democratic Jim Crow would be jealous at the ability of these elite institutions to systematically discriminate and not be held accountable. Objective data like the Harvard Crimson survey is ignored. When Harvard College representatives were questioned if they believed in diversity of thought, they refused to answer. The Harvard faculty has 1% conservatives. When the faculty was queried whether they would support diversity of thought, only 25% of the faculty answered in the affirmative.
These narrow-minded, intolerant, and not inclusive individuals are so caught up in their fabricated “Woke” world that they are incapable of seeing who they really are. They cannot win a debate in the marketplace of ideas, so one does not happen. And their admission committees make sure this is the case. Ideas they don’t agree with are not allowed to be spoken and are met with censorship and punishment. Graduates take these attitudes to their elite professional schools and, after finishing, try to impose them on the rest of America. Unable to secure their “Woke” agenda through the democratic process of the vote, they use their marketplace power {MBAs, JDs, and MDs} to force their” Woke “progressive socialistic views on America.
The first step in returning America to being “One nation, Indivisible with Liberty and Justice for All “will happen next year when the SCOTUS overturns Affirmative Action.When the SCOTUS ruled” Diversity “was an exception to the U.S. Constitution equal protection clause, it allowed universities, employers, and the government to use skin color to elevate a now “privileged” minority group over more qualified citizens. When this loophole is closed, an earthquake will occur. Americans will, for the first time in many decades, have recourse if they are discriminated against because of the color of their skin. The road will be hard, and there will be unrest directly proportional to the amount of time it has taken our nation to reverse SCOTUS’s destructive Affirmative Action mistake.
Any “Woke” deviation from a colorblind {Think Affirmative Action}, gender blind {Think LGBT}, political ideology blind {Think Ivy League conservative bias}and social economically blind decision process create unfair winners and losers; resentment results, ripping society apart.
We have seen what these elite-educated elected officials have done with 20 months of power.
Dividing our nation with the discrimination of equity, energy prices sky high, millions of illegals crossing our open borders with sex traffickers, and youth killing Fentanyl coming across daily. Inflation is ravaging people’s retirement, destroying their futures. The world is on fire, and our great cities have been turned into crime-ridden cesspools. America’s Armed Services have been unable to fill their recruiting quotas due to rampant “Wokeness” in the ranks.
Imagine what would happen over the next 2 1/2 years if these “Woke” elite educated progressives are allowed to continue the carnage. SCOTUS has opened the door but to put the final nail in the elite educated progressive’s coffin requires Americans to stand up and be heard.
It starts in Nov 2022. Make America Great Again! Vote!!
James Betti writes at Substack.com
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The outcome of elections is never inevitable, less so when one side can lock out observers or pretend boxes, suitcases, or trucks full of ballots appearing in the middle of the night is not suspicious. But this November does not look good for team blue.
We had a similar reckoning back in November of 2010. A nightmare for Dems at the state level and a change of guard in the US House. The states put that victory to some use, but Congress was Congress, and the result was not much more than speeches.
November 2022 could be a more significant washout for the left than 2010 despite boxes, suitcases, and trucks, oh my. The sheer weight of public response to the misery created by the Biden Administration and the Dems who backed the policies that exacerbated the pain appears epic. A tidal wave that no amount of chicanery can overcome.
I think the Dems will give up the US House to keep the Senate (look for trucks, boxes, and suitcases), so watch those races, but by the morning of November 9th, Republicans should have improved their “field position.” And that’s nice, and all, but what will they do with it?
History tells us nothing. Even if Republicans overcame the excess luggage and seized a majority in the Senate, Congress will make speeches and do nothing while State legislative victories produce bones with more meat.
Sorry, let me rephrase. They had better deliver at the state level, or there could be trouble in Dodge. Your electoral sugar daddy is not just disenfranchised Republicans content to watch machine politicians rearrange deck chairs. There is a vast quantity of center and center-left independent/libertarain-leaning folks who have been (for lack of a better word) red-pilled by the current Democrat leadership.
They are jilted.
It will be up to you as the freshman class or just the next majority to move the needle. And what does that mean? The simple answer is less government intrusion into every aspect of everyday life. Full stop.
Repeal, back off, and where needed, add laws that protect people from intrusions.
Need some examples of intrusions? Marty Bent at TFTC wrote a great piece here that turns on how legions of voters got “duped by central planners who got just-a-tad-bit-too-cocky and attempted to push further than the Common Man was willing to stomach.”
It has a list of annoying things being pushed on people in pursuit of their new normal.
If there is a red wave, you need to push back. Congress is not going to do it (and bless you for trying if you make it there), but we don’t have time for them to get around to it if even they wanted that. We have to do this at the state level, as many states as possible, and for as long as possible.
Only the States can constrain the federal government. If you get elected and have the majority, do your best to save your state and work with like-minded states to protect the nation.
You might not win every effort, but at this point, if you don’t go long (the way the Dems always do it), the people who voted for you will want to know why.
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Beware, citizens, radicals, and extremists are roaming the countryside. That’s what all those signs littering the streets would have you believe. Oddly enough they seem to consider Freedom to be a radical concept. This, in the ‘land of the free,’ doesn’t make sense.
In order to understand what’s really going on, you need to consider the source. It appears that the source is working from an instruction manual. Perhaps they are using Saul Alinsky’s ‘Rules for Radicals?
We want to thank NH State Rep Mike Sylvia, Chair of the Belknap Delegation for this Op-Ed. If you have an Op-Ed or LTE
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Alan Posnack (registered Democrat) audaciously claims to be the leader of the Citizens of Belknap PAC. He and a small band of entitled elitists scatter their sign trash across the county in an attempt to appear to be supported by the average people of the area. These are the same sorts of people that want to ban ‘single use’ plastic bags. They lack the self-awareness to see the irony of the mess they create.
As Rob Natelson writes in his article, “Beware the Word “Extremist”:
The modern “Progressive” project has centered on changing the key factors of culture and freedom: attacking the culture, undermining constitutional restraints on government, and expanding the public sector until it dominates American life. A group that seeks to topple the central pillars of a system is by definition “extremist,” no matter what they call their opponents.
I’ll happily accept the badge of honor offered by ‘Progressives’ for my work in leading the most conservative county delegation in the state of New Hampshire. They are a small minority desperate to distract you from the catastrophic failures of the Biden administration of which you are reminded every time you reach for your wallet.
Mike Sylvia is a NH state Rep and Chair of the Belknap Delegation
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Bernie Sanders was honest, rare for a Senator, when he said this bill was not accurately named. The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will do nothing to change the trajectory of our rising inflation. The most optimistic say this bill will reduce inflation by .25%, but over two years. So much for this inflation being transitory.
Inflation was 2% as Trump left the White House in 2021. Biden has given us the most accelerated inflation in history. Thanks, Joe.
Now that the Senate has passed the bill and Joe Biden is taking a victory lap, 69% of Americans say the economy is worsening. That is easy to believe if you have done any grocery shopping, filled your gas tank, gone to a restaurant, or got pricing on heating your home for the coming winter. Americans are hurting, and inflation hurts low and middle income most severely. Some in these brackets may have to choose between food and fuel come December, and you can forget about Christmas shopping.
The IRS gets $80 BILLION in this bill to hire 87,000 new agents. This move makes the IRS larger by employee count than the State Department, FBI, and the US Customs & Border Protection combined.
This expansion of the IRS will strike fear into every taxpayer, and the number of audits will skyrocket.
The list of Green Deal initiatives that will get a piece of the $300 Billion set aside in the IRA is too long to detail here. One thing to key on is the rebates available for solar panels, electronic vehicles, and energy-efficient appliances. Who benefits from the manufacture of these commodities? China is the correct answer, and it is ironic to remember how deep China’s claws are into our President.
It is bad enough that we were an energy exporter in 2020, but now we are importing crude. The IRA puts a new tax on imported oil. First, Biden cuts off domestic drilling on Day 1, and now he wants to add to the cost by adding a tax on fossil fuels, Just brilliant.
Just a quick sidebar. I am typing this as I watch the afternoon news shows on FOX, and they are dissecting this bill. With each revelation, it makes one angry to think of how brazen Democrats are when they spend our tax dollars. But I watched a segment on Biden visiting the area devastated by a flood in Kentucky. Biden is explaining he will ensure they will be stronger after the Government rebuilds the region. He is describing the need for a new infrastructure for getting fresh water to the area and how we can also provide access to high-speed internet for every Kentuckian. How tone deaf as these people just last every bit of their existence. Does he think scrolling the internet is paramount on the minds of people that have lost it all?
Congress, specifically Democrats, can put together monstrous pieces of legislation but are horrific regarding accountability. During the Pandemic, $122 Billion was allocated to get our schools ready to allow our children to return to their classrooms. Nearly two years later, 93% of that money is yet to be spent. That is almost $115 Billion floating in the system, and only God knows where it will eventually land.
The IRA moves to the House, where it will be debated, and more wasteful spending will be uncovered. The Democrats have the votes to pass the bill on to the President for his signature, but I hope the Republicans can do all they can to expose the IRA for what it is; a waste of $700 Billion that will leave us more in a hole and worse shape than we are today.
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A six-hour meeting was scheduled by The Resolve to begin at 4 pm last Friday, August 5, with the goal of slimming down the list of legislative candidates for the Sept 13 primary. You might think that only the very dedicated would travel to Wolfeboro for such a grueling session, but I counted 150 in the audience.
And it wasn’t grueling after all — it was a hoot and an inspiration.
Many candidates got to sell their wares. Their pitch was augmented by truth bombs wherever there’s an incumbent in Concord whom The Resolve desires to remove. This required Regina Barnes to come out onto the stage and read to us a tasty morsel of the incumbent’s past sins. (Nothing defamatory, you know — the truth bombs were straight from the record, usually in the unfortunate person’s own words.)
Another character who made several appearances was a guy wearing a tee shirt marked “NHGOP.” Pretty sure it was our current governor. Couldn’t tell absolutely, as he was wearing a full face mask of a rhinoceros. Oh, speaking of rinos and dinos, The Resolve claims it is non-partisan, but I did not see a whole lot of democrats there.
It would be good if the Dems would eavesdrop on The Resolve’s plan to turn back any federal funds sent to NH for “education.” The result would be a NET GAIN for our state’s coffers. Yes, it doesn’t even have to be ideological to kick the feds out of schools. It’s fiscal!
Let me tell you if you missed the Wolfeboro meeting, you really missed something. I was deeply moved as I had not thought it possible for competitors to get together and form a united front. But when Terese Grinnell takes the microphone and speaks, you suddenly feel that uniting is normal, every day, baseline human behavior.
At 7 pm we were treated to The Debates, with four persons who are on the Republican ballot, challenging the aforementioned “Mr. Su-no-no.” Questions were thrown at the four by Attorney Dan, who clearly hoped for constitutional answers — and was not disappointed. (The state constitution seems to be another baseline human behavior with this lot. “Article 10” got some mentions, discreetly, of course.)
The four gubernatorial wannabes are the dead-serious Karen Testerman, Thad Riley — a father of five who thus is at the coalface every day, Jay Lewis — white-bearded as befits any decent Granite man, and Julian Acciard, who, when the chips are down, has the vocabulary of a sailor. I longed to vote for all four of them.
Mary Maxwell is author of Prosecution for Treason (aimed mainly at Congress) and is herself trying to break into the Capitol, by your vote in District 1, on September 13.
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The latest bit of pork and mirrors to come out of Congress is the Inflation Reduction Act, more appropriately named the IRS inflation Act. It will inflate the IRS, who will then Lois Lerner whomever the ‘crats (Demo or Bureau) decide has won the 5 AM raid Lottery
Armed agents with the FBI (FSB?) at the tip of the spear, making examples of people. Who? Anyone. Donald Trump, your neighbor who has chickens and the Gadsden Flag. Donors to the wrong charities. Why leak lists when you can just use them yourself?
It was inevitable.
Forcing local PD to comply with their police state fantasy is taking too long (especially after all that defunding business) so boom! One sweep of the pen and we’ll have the same thing with built-in confiscatory powers. They take you, your stuff, and maybe you’ll get a cell next to one of those J6 “trespassers” awaiting trial.
They are coming, and the law has nothing to do with what motivates them.
The other prominent feature of the Inflation Creation Act is spending. Lots of spending backstopped with BS about taxes to pay for it. Hint: if the Feds ever cared about paying for something, we wouldn’t be 30 trillion dollars in debt. These taxes are just a new regulatory burden to hide the true purpose.
Anyway, the green jobs bill won’t create jobs or electricity. It will enrich leftist friendlies who will recycle that into Democrat coffers to keep the wash cycle on high.
Increase inflation (it will), add to the federal debt (it will), and launder future generations of taxpayer’s money to Democrat friends and family dressed up as green infrastructure enhancements.
Quick note: whining about the impending brownouts and blackouts is going to be hate speech (that’s what they mean by environmental justice).
Ugly business this, but it’s where we are, and it’s our fault.
Oh yeah, and then there’s this now totally random video of a wind turbine on fire. It reminded me of the Left’s energy fantasy and everything they’ve done in the past few years.
America on fire (falling apart while we record it for Tik Tok or Instagram), turning in the breeze until it can turn no more, as Democrats spend as much as they can while they can on more of that.
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You cannot make this stuff up. These were two consecutive sentences from Senator Ben Cardin (D-MD) on FOX News Sunday.
We are going to completely pay for the Inflation Reduction Act by raising taxes on companies with revenues over $1 Billion and on wealthy Americans who have been able to avoid paying taxes to this point.
Next question: Don’t most economists agree that it is a bad decision to raise taxes during a period of high inflation or recession?
We will not be raising any new taxes with this bill.
Excuse me. Don’t those two answers contradict each other? Not in Democrat speak. There was no follow-up question from the reporter. I would love to have ten minutes to ask questions of these politicians who speak out of both sides of their mouths.
Just like the continuous contradictions from its supporters, the $700 Billion Reconciliation Bill passed by the Senate on Sunday is a contradiction starting with it name. The majority of economists confirm that the Inflation Reduction Act will have a negligible impact on inflation for the short or long run. If anything, dumping more money into the economy, most say it will have just the opposite result.
By increasing taxes on corporations and the “ultra rich,” this bill will slow the economy and raise the costs of goods, adding to the over 9% inflation rate. Only the Democrats can spend over $300 Million to collect more taxes. Only the Democrats would think to double the size of the IRS by adding 87,000 agents tasked with hunting down low to middle-income tax avoiders. Curious, but with most companies struggling to find workers to avoid cutting hours and services, the government thinks it is a good idea to take 87,000 people out of the workplace and make them domestic spies for the IRS.
Chuck Schumer raved about how the Senate compromised to pass this bill. The compromise was within his party as they had to bribe Senators Manchin and Sinema to go along with the bill. No Republican voted for the bill, so please don’t say it was anything but a partisan bill that will do more harm than good to Americans.
And, of course, what Democrat bill would ever be complete without $300 Million spent on Green Energy initiatives. This includes over $7000 in rebates to anyone purchasing an Electric Vehicle. Keep in mind, you cannot locate many EVs. Not all carry a rebate, and of course, with no infrastructure in place, where will you be able to charge yours?
Biden is calling this bill, which should pass the House this week, a crowning achievement. It may very well be the final nail in the coffin for Democrats in November. If inflation numbers continue to rise and GDP to shrink, the country will be completely done with Biden and the Progressive agenda. Gas prices, though coming down, are still two dollars a gallon more than last year.
It continues to be more painful each week as the cost of weekly groceries skyrockets. And we have yet to go through a heating season with the new Biden prices. Some people may need to choose between heat and food to eat. This is a choice that should not exist in America but does in Biden’s America.
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It’s been said that prosecutors can indict a ham sandwich. Soviet Secret Police Chief Beria said, “Show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.”
For seven years Democrats, and others enriched by big government, alleged that Donald Trump committed many crimes, including treason. Trump’s opponents spent over $100 million in tax dollars trying to prove those allegations. The media endlessly repeated and repeats those allegations providing Trump’s opponents with billions of dollars worth of free advertising.
Despite all these investigations, not one criminal allegation has been substantiated.
Trump’s opponents falsely slandered Trump too many times to just be believed.
The one-sided Trump-hating Jan. 6 Committee now makes new allegations; rational people demand proof … none has been provided.
The Jan6Com presented selectively chosen and edited documents and statements, false claims endlessly repeated, slanders, innuendos, and allegations; it excluded all exculpatory evidence. The Jan6Com refuses to allow the scrutiny required of proof: due process; cross-examination of witnesses; presentation of additional evidence; and interpretations. Why?
Democrats are desperate to prevent Trump’s re-election in 2024. Under President Trump most Americans could afford gas, food, electricity, and heat and cooling for their homes; inflation was negligible; peoples’ retirement savings were growing in value; our nation was secure and energy independent, our environment was improving; the world was growing more peaceful; our enemies were in check and weren’t threatening nuclear annihilation.
Since Democrats took power and resumed Obama’s fundamental transformation of America, most Americans, and people around the world, began suffering.
An election is coming in November. The Jan6Com extravaganza is intended to divert voters’ attention from how much Democrat control of government has made Americans poorer, and their lives less free and more dangerous.
In November, vote Republican to stop the painful Democrat fundamental transformation of our country.
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