Monday • April 6 • 2026
Vol.XVIII • No.XV
Manchester, N.H.
If you look through the recent works of Ed Mosca, you will find him calling out a few of his local enemy camp reps. I’m here to request that he take those good skills to “the other side of the wall” and apply them to Manchester’s Swampiest. D’Allesandro needs no introduction, but those in need of a refresher profile of him can click here.
I don’t take back anything I said in my previous article on him, but an update is in order because flip-flopping can now be added to his political rap sheet.
First, I will provide the link to the Senate video and point to the time stamp where the discussion of SB375 begins at 2h15min. It should be noted that there were three remote participants, one of them being Education Chair Ruth Ward, who introduced the bill wearing an eye patch. Clearly, it was indicative of why she was unable to attend in person, and I send her my get-well wishes, but what was D’Allesandro’s excuse for not coming in?
The answer is unknown, but it wasn’t his first time doing what former Rep David Cote fantasized about doing as he played serial hookey for several years. Altschiller was the other remote participant, and the senate was treated to NOT having to hear her routine gun-hating diatribe at closing time.
There was some technical difficulty with Ruth’s internet and power, and she froze up while introducing SB375. Senator Gray, who had the gavel for most of the day, adjourned the senate for lunch as to allow Mr Ward time to fix the problem. When the recess was over at 3h10min, Ruth finished up, and a discussion followed. The whole enemy camp was full of lunacy vitriol on steroids for most of the day, starting with the objection to Tim Lang’s SB 341(Parental Bill of Rights, relabeled) and later with SB523 (school library complaint process, NOT a book banning they want you to think it is).
The usual suspects were insufferable, particularly the long-winded nutjob Watters, whose 13 minutes of bloviating I had to mute, and Prentiss, who’s essentially an older and much heavier version of the dumb blonde Twitley. D’Allesandro, who told the NH Journal in January that men don’t belong in women’s sports, did a complete 180. What gives?
Jeb, seated in his ordinary seat rather than standing with the gavel, made a good speech at 4h 04min and called out the enemy camp for name-calling and gaslighting supporters of SB 375. Daryl Abbas also called out the name-calling and gaslighting several minutes(or hours) later, but at 4h09min, Jeb called out D’Allesandro, referring to the NH Journal article, but at 4h15min, he shamelessly switched to a “wellness of a human being” drivel. He does mention “constituents,” and I am hoping Ed Mosca is one of them. There’s a 1 in 3 chance that he is, but even if he isn’t, I encourage Ed to read him the riot act because that untouchable old fixture will probably live as long as Strom Thurmond. God help us all.
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The UK Independent has published a ‘very serious piece’ on the state of the world today. Something we should all consider a threat to social justice. Climate change is being blamed for the extended rainy season in Indonesia, and Trans-Sex workers say, “It is very hard to make money during that unpredictable weather.”
Indonesia is particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change, and trans women, who tend to face more stigma and marginalisation than trans men or other LGBTQ+ Indonesians, are also among those hardest hit by extreme weather.
That’s because many trans women, like Patiha, are shut out of the formal economy and survive as buskers and sex workers, occupations that rely on them being able to solicit clients outdoors.
I think we should be concerned but not about climate change. Indonesia has the largest Muslim population on earth, and the UK Independent just outed these Trans sex workers. They’ll be lucky if someone doesn’t try to chop off their heads.
Despite gender-fluid communities being historically accepted in Indonesia, a rising tide of conservative Islam in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country has fuelled anti-LGBTQ+ persecution.
LGBTQ+ individuals are sometimes blamed for problems related to climate change, according to Arif Budi Darmawan, a researcher at the Bandung-based Resilience Development Initiative.
We’ve reported on Moslem Clerics who blamed drought on Yo-Yos. Lax hijab observance has also been blamed for drought, and that got me thinking. Do transgender prostitutes have to wear hijab? And if so, perhaps they could take them off – problem solved.
We’ve also shared some news (that I can’t seem to find) wherein the card game Pokemon was a Jewish plot to lead children away from Allah. I think you might have more luck blaming that on Indonesian trans sex workers.
As for the climate, nature is responsible for that, but it is on a spectrum. Sometimes it feels like rain, and sometimes not.
Stop forcing your worldview on it, bigots.
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Why should vehicle owners concern themselves with the historical data tied to their car’s VIN? Grasping the importance of managing and sometimes needing to hide VIN or delete car history goes beyond simple privacy measures; it’s about safeguarding the vehicle’s market value and owner reputation. This article delves into the strategies for erasing unwanted car history and the critical role of removing accident records from public databases and search engines to maintain a vehicle’s pristine image.
Why Remove Car History?The imperatives for deleting car history are multifaceted, extending from privacy concerns to the enhancement of a vehicle’s market appeal. Owners, especially those who have purchased a vehicle for personal use and meticulously restored it to perfection, face a conundrum when selling. Despite the vehicle’s pristine condition, the online records, accessible through a VIN search, can reveal past incidents.
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Now that a couple of New Hampshire Schools have begun the process of transitioning their district into the CDC’s (Center of Disease Control) Community School Model, parents need to understand what can happen.
The CDC’s Community School is reported as:
What is the WSCC model?
The Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child, or WSCC model, is CDC’s framework for addressing health in schools. The WSCC model is student-centered and emphasizes the role of the community in supporting the school, the connections between health and academic achievement and the importance of evidence-based school policies and practices. The WSCC model has 10 components:Physical education and physical activity.
Nutrition environment and services.
Health education.
Social and emotional climate.
Physical environment.
Health services.
Counseling, psychological and social services.
Employee wellness.
Community involvement.
Family engagement.
You have to wonder why a child would go home to their family after seeing that the school will be providing all of this.
They want to make sure children can access mental health treatment, Social and Emotional Learning, medical services, sexual and reproductive care, and dental services at school. Parental consent may be included for some of these services, but many of these people will be working to remove that.
In New Hampshire, a proposed Bill was tabled this year in the Senate spelling out parental consent for some of these services. Manchester schools are still fighting to keep lying to parents if their children change their names in school.
Democrats in New Hampshire made it clear that they want to keep parents in the dark, lie to them, and keep them from consenting to medical and mental health services.
It’s important to understand that anything that is considered “FERPA” protected means your child’s personal information can be shared without your knowledge or consent. How does that happen? FERPA has exceptions, which means there are exceptions to the student privacy law. This is how tech vendors access and share your child’s personal information without your knowledge or consent. Now that the SBHC School Based Health Clinic will maintain your child’s personal mental health and medical information, there are no real privacy protections in place. Read the contract or MOU between your school district and SBHC.
Here is the MOU between Manchester and Amoskeag Health.
Scanned Docs
Here are some concerns:
Page 3: Amoskeag is responsible for confidentiality and security of all student data, and must notify MSD immediately upon any breach of security. There is no provision for informing parents.
Page 5: Facilitate school-based psycho-education groups to promote social, emotional, and mental health . References to MTSS-B Multi-Tiered System of Support- Behavior . (We already know that schools are sharing PII Personally Identifiable Information on their students’ mental health)
Page 7: Amoskeag Health may have to access protected student information due to its legitimate educational interest. They cannot perform their services without access to this student data. NOTE: FERPA loophole. There is NO parental consent.
Page 10: Students Record and Access will comply with FERPA
NOTE: FERPA Loophole. There is NO parental consent.
Directory Information:
1 Students’ name, address, telephone number, date and place of birth, and dates of enrollment;
2 Parents’/guardians’ name and address;
3. Students’ grade level, enrollment status and dates of attendance;
4. Students’ photograph;
5. Students’ participation in recognized school activities and sports;
6. Weight and height of member sof athletic teams; and
7. Students’ diplomas, certificates, awards, and honors received.
Page 11: Disclosure of PII Directory Information
Page 12:
FERPA Exceptions. Who can access PII without parental or student consent.
School officials with a legitimate educational interest may access student records,
Transfer to another school. Officials for audit or evaluation purposes
d. Appropriate parties in connection with financial aide. Organizations conducting studies on behalf of the school district.
NOTE: No parental consent.
Page 17 Consent to Treat 12 years old or older, student can consent to Drug and/or Alcohol Abuse Treatment without the consent of a parent or guardian. 14 years or older, student can consent to services related to Contraception and STD’s without the consent of a parent or guardian.
Page 18: Authorization for Designation of Parental Consent Physical Exams (School Physicals, Well Child Checks, Camp Physicals, Sports Physicals, etc) Female Exams (Pap smears/Breast exams) Immunizations Sick Care (Acute Illnesses such as colds, flu, or other problems) Counseling Services Health Education Follow-up care for ongoing conditions (for example asthma, weight problems, acne, diabetes, and medical problems)
Social-emotional learning is designed to be combined with health and leads to the CDC Association for Supervision & Curriculum Design’s (ASCD) Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child (WSCC) Community Healthy Schools model.
In schools that have the toughest time teaching children to read, they will now begin the difficult task of treating their medical and mental health.
Some of the services require parental consent, but there will be a constant struggle to remove parental consent in the future. Elected Representatives and school officials have made it clear that they are hostile to parental rights in New Hampshire.
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If you are traveling to catch a glimpse of the upcoming Solar eclipse, make sure you’re well into the projected path. Eclipse expert John Irwin says the original map—the path of the shadow of totality—has moved.
And no, it wasn’t “climate change.” But, it was something … racist. Math!
You can see his updated map for the whole of the US below. It is interactive, so you can zoom in and out to drill down to wherever you live, keeping in mind that this is neither confirmed nor denied, but according to the Western Journal (quoting Forbes), Irwin (whose map this is) is “a master in eclipse computations.”
The issue, or the problem, is the size of the sun. No one knows exactly how big it is, leading to a discrepancy at the edges of the estimated path of totality. This minor difference of opinion affects the exact location of the shadow during an eclipse.
For well over a century, scientists have generally used the “standard value” of 959.63 arc seconds — “an arc second being one 3,600th of a degree,” Forbes explained.
“Measurements and observations in the last decade have demonstrated that this value is slightly too small,” Quaglia said. The actual diameter is now thought to be more like 960 arc seconds.
And while most of the math is known,
Other measurements are important, of course, and we know those with some confidence — the distance between the sun, moon and earth, for example, and the size of the moon that will be casting the shadow that we call an eclipse.
There’s room for debate.
But the size of the sun? One scientist who has been working for over 10 years on solar eclipse calculations told Forbes that that number is basically up to the person doing the math.
On the ground, this difference amounts to about a third of a mile, which doesn’t seem like much—and it’s not unless, as the note in the cited article adds, you were planning to enjoy a total eclipse from the comfort of your own yard.
If you happen to live at the edge of the projected path and were hoping to watch a total eclipse from a lawn chair behind your house, it might not turn out as planned, but taking your lawn chair about 1800 feet toward the center of the path should fix it—six football fields. Since you’re already moving, try half a mile. You won’t even get your heart rate up high enough for it to count as exercise unless it’s all uphill.
They enjoy, but whatever you do, don’t eclipse someone elses view when the moment arrives wherever you gather to watch.
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Israel was attacked on October 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists from neighboring Gaza breached the Israeli security perimeter and wreaked havoc. They tortured, raped, burned, and killed over 1,200 civilians and took over 100 hostages. There is a tremendous amount of evidence proving that Iran is supporting Hamas and the Hezbollah troops attacking Israel from the north.
Israel has been retaliating on both fronts since the initial invasion. America rapidly condemned the attack on Israel and pledged our support to our greatest friend and ally in the Middle East.
In this country, the Radical Left and the academic field were quick to begin protesting against Israel, condemning the military action she was launching on the Hamas infrastructure in Gaza. This support for Hamas and the Palestinians was strong, and it got the attention of Joe Biden and his Administration. The Administration immediately began tempering support and ramping up criticism of Israel’s military action and Netanyahu’s leadership. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is Jewish, went so far as to call for immediate elections in Israel to replace Netanyahu. Schumer’s comments were surprising to Americans but, more importantly, insulting to Israel.
Joe Biden and Bibi Netanyahu had a thirty-minute call on Thursday, and the initial readout is not a good sign for American-Israeli relations. Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken both reported that Israel still has our unwavering support, BUT, if Israel does not make some changes in their military tactics, America will reassess their policies toward Israel. WHAT???. That is far from unwavering. That is tantamount to your wife saying I love you just the way you are, but if you don’t reduce your golf rounds monthly, she will have to reconsider how much she loves you.
I have been critical of the Biden team second-guessing every move by Israel and pushing them to negotiate a cease-fire for months. They also have been voicing their displeasure about civilian casualties in Gaza, even though Hamas is using civilians as human shields. It was Israel that was attacked, and it is Israel that can determine its level of retaliation.
There is enormous irony and hypocrisy on behalf of the Administration in its demands of Israel and its interference in Israle’s political leadership. Can you imagine the backlash if Netanyahu or Canada’s Prime Minister Trudeau publicly called for elections to replace Biden? There would be outrage.
Joe Biden, his military, and the State Department have botched nearly every situation that needed attention in the last three years. Starting with the botched evacuation of troops from Afghanistan, which resulted in the death of thirteen American service people and numerous Afghanistan civilians, abandoning the thousands of Afghanistan civilians who had worked with the American military, America allowing Russia to invade Ukraine without any resistance, and the failure to have a plan to evacuate Americans from Haiti as that country evolves into chaos. With that track record, and not to mention the litany of horrendous domestic and economic decisions by President Biden, who does he think he is dictating policy to Netanyahu and Israel?
It doesn’t appear in the readout, but some heard Bibi end the tense call on Thursday by saying, “Joe, don’t call me, I’ll call you when I need advice.” The next thing Joe heard was a resounding click.
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A relatively recent demographic change—a significant increase in the Muslim population—poses a serious challenge to the American system of governance—democracy.
Historically, people from all over the world came to this land-of-take-all and made it their home. In becoming American, each new aspirant had to meet specific provisions and take the “Pledge of Allegiance” as sworn affirmation of his highest loyalty to his new homeland. After a couple of generations, all hyphenated Americans saw themselves as Americans with a special affection for their ancestral heritage. An Irish-American, for instance, considered himself every bit as American as a German-American or a Chinese-American.
Traditionally, America did not homogenize its diverse people. The notion of the “melting pot,” is inaccurate. Instead, America did one better. As it welcomed its diverse people, America united them around a set of core values such as respect for human rights, democratic governance, and the rule of law. The large number of Muslims arriving in recent years is posing a serious problem to this nation of all nations. Bluntly speaking, no one can be a faithful Muslim and an American at the same time. Here are some of the reasons.
* A Muslim is, first and foremost, an Ummehist—a citizen of international Islam. So, when a Muslim takes the Pledge of Allegiance, he is either ignorant of the implication of his pledge or is lying willfully. Ignorance is never a valid reason in a court of law, and lying in the process of becoming a citizen is grounds for denying the application and even deporting the violator. Sadly enough, taqiyya—lying or dissimulation—is not only condoned, but is also recommended to the Muslims in their scripture. Hence, a Muslim can and would lie without any compunctions whenever it is expedient.
Muslims, by belief and practice, are the most blatant violators of human rights. We hardly need to detail here Muslims’ systemic cruel treatment of the unbelievers, women of all persuasions, and any and all minorities across the board. To Muslims, human rights have a different meaning, and its protective provisions are reserved strictly for Muslims—primarily for Muslim men. Just a couple of examples should suffice for now.
Oppression of women, for one, is so systemic in Islam that,’s heads to this day, women are, at best, second-class citizens under Islamic law. Saudi Arabia, the custodian of Islamdom, denies women the right to drive, vote, or hold elective offices—the most basic rights of citizens in democratic societies.
For another, no non-Islamic literature is allowed in Saudi Arabia. A visiting Christian, for instance, is denied to enter the Kingdom with a Bible. Further, severe punishment is meted out to anyone daring to disagree with Islam or espouse a different religion. Iran’s resurgent Shiism often vies with Saudi Arabia in its mistreatment of religious and non-religious minorities. To the fanatical ruling gang in Iran, it is their brand of Islam or disenfranchisement of rights of citizenship and even death for the “sin” of apostasy. And, of course, there is no point at all in talking about the savage Islamic Taliban.
Respect for the rule of law, as it is understood and practiced by civilized people, is an instrument of convenience to be used to advantage and to be violated when it is not, for the Muslim. A Muslim believes in a different law—the Shariah: a set of stone-age rules. Violation of the non-Muslim laws, therefore, is no violation at all to a Muslim.
What is incredible is the gall and audacity of Muslims in demanding that Western and other democracies legalize Shariah in their societies. Due to large populations of Muslims, mostly recent arrivals, in countries such as Canada, Great Britain, and Sweden, these countries are experiencing insistent demands by Muslims to have Shariah rule their Islamic communities. This is just the beginning, and it may seem relatively harmless to the simpletons in our midst. Yet, once Shariah is recognized to any extent, it will reach out to rule not only on matters that concern Muslims but also those that may involve a Muslim and non-Muslim. Under Shariah, a Muslim man married to a non-Muslim woman is able to divorce the woman at will, automatically have custody of the children, and literally toss the wife out of “his” home with practically no compensation.
As for democracy, the rule of the people, Muslims have no use at all. Muslims believe that Allah’s rule must govern the world in the form of a Caliphate—a theocracy. Making a mockery of democracy, subverting its working, and ignoring its provisions is a Muslim’s way of falsifying what he already believes to be a sinful and false system of governance invented by the infidels.
To Muslims, Ummah-ism—international Islamism—is the legitimate form of government. Ummah-ism is another form of despotism, such as Communism and Fascism, with the added feature of enjoying “divine” authority.
The world has good samples of Ummah-ism in practice to scrutinize in Islamic autocracies. Khamenei of Iran is not called “Caliph.” He is called the “Supreme Guide.” The Saudi King is just another Caliph vessel of the “divine.” These Islamic despots are every bit as vile as the Hitlers, the Stalins, the Pol Pots, and the Mussolinis. The government of these Islamic autocratic heads is infested to the core with the Islamic disease of oppression, corruption, and the absence of accountability to the people.
Democracies believe that government must be of the people, by the people, and for the people. Ummah-ism is anathema to this sacrosanct fundamental democratic ideal.
As more and more Muslims arrive in non-Islamic lands, as they reproduce with great fecundity, as they convert the disenchanted and minorities, and as petrodollar-flush Muslims and Muslim treasuries supply generous funds, Muslims gather more power to undermine the democratic rule. A consortium composed of pandering politicians, blinded with short-term self-interest and egoism; attention and fund-seeking self-proclaimed prima donna professors; and bastions of useful idiot liberals, universities, is the witting or unwitting promoter of Ummah-ism.
It is human nature to be concerned, first and foremost, with his personal well-being. Some people evolve to a higher level of humanness and place the welfare of the general public above their own. Yet, many remain fixated on the constricted stage of “self first, self, last.” Even if you belong to this latter group, your self-interest demands that you do all you can to make sure that the disease of Islamofascism does not devour democracy. Democracy is both fragile and corruptible. It takes vigilant citizenry to protect its integrity.
We fully agree with Churchill’s observation, “Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the rest.” Yet, as imperfect as it is, democracy is still humanity’s best system of self-rule. We, one and all, must defend it with our all.The post Night Cap: Islam’s 12 Steps to Destroy the Land of Infidels appeared first on Granite Grok.
In my previous article, I discussed the earliest candidate slate members for the executive council seat being vacated by the retirement of Ted Gatsas. I elaborated on Ryan Terrell and have been asking some questions behind the scenes and even emailed Scanlan.
I received a prompt reply with a mention that one must have lived in NH for seven years and presently live in the district at the time of the election to be eligible for office representing it. Fair enough, but voters still deserve to know when he relocated from Nashua to Lee. I don’t want to stoop to the level of calling him a carpetbagger, as that’s what Jan Schmidt did to him, even though he moved to NH a long time ago as a New Orleans flood refugee. If he’s eligible for ballot access, then so be it, but let’s talk about another early entrant and address some other things worthy of attention.
Burns announced his candidacy yesterday after waffling for a very long time about Annie Kuster’s seat.
If you need a timeline, I’m sure Lily Tang Williams can answer questions that she had asked Burns herself. After losing her congressional primary, Lily called Burns to congratulate him, and most voters of the intelligent variety cast their vote for him in November. When he lost to Annie, Lily started planning her 2024 campaign to try again, which I encourage everyone to support, no matter who is on their ballot.
Though I didn’t keep a journal of the exact words said and on what date(s), I do remember Lily saying she reached out to both Burns and George Hansel(the Damn Emperor’s endorsee and late entrant) to tell them her plans and ask for their support. It’s been my understanding, subject to final confirmation with Lily, of course, that neither of them was quick to reply, and a commitment from either one of them was not obtained. I think of those anecdotal stories about the single person playing the field or the fair-weather friend who won’t lock into Friday night plans because…(drum roll) something better might come along.
It’s only fair that I question Burns’s interest, passion, and suitability for the position with the same fervor I questioned Ryan Terrell’s ties with the community Ted Gatsas represents. To either of them, a voter should ask some suggested questions:
Have you ever attended an executive council meeting?
If yes, how many times and when and why?(other than Ryan’s BoE nomination/confirmation process-related reasons)
Have you ever called or emailed Ted Gatsas?
If yes, when and why?
Have you ever asked him or any of his 4 peers to vote a certain way on something?
If yes, what was the nomination or agenda item?
Were you considering candidacy prior to learning of Ted Gatsas’s retirement?
One attribute of the human condition is the desire to stay relevant and some candidates and former candidates for many offices are known to be quite shameless in that pursuit. The intelligent voter will filter out all the opportunists and vote for Nurse Terese.
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The forefathers established the United States as a Republic of States and not a Democracy. This provision was to maintain the power of the states as opposed to losing it to the collective wishes of the country as a whole.
They designed through the 14th Amendment that the election of a President would result from the elections held in all states and territories and not a popular vote. Each state is independent in assigning its electoral votes, which is equal to the number of Senators and Representatives. The Electoral College allows each state to have a proportionate say in who is elected President. The Left wants this system changed because the Electoral College creates an equal playing field. They prefer a popular vote because Democrat voters outnumber Republicans. In a popular vote scenario, the high population of Left-leaning regions would always elect the President. We would never see a Republican President under a National Popular Vote system.
In 2006, the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact was born. This initiative was to join enough states that would change their method of assigning their Electoral votes to the person who got the most votes nationally and not the winner of its statewide election. So far, the initiative has been successful in sixteen states and the District of Columbia, representing 205 Electoral Votes. The issue is pending in eleven states with 101 Electoral Votes in the balance. The plan for the Compact is to trigger it when they have enough states signed on to hit the 270 vote mark, which is the votes needed to win the Presidency. It is evident by looking at the map of states already in the compact and those pending that they are all Left-leaning states, proving this initiative favors Democrat candidates.
Maine, which is becoming the Socialist model of the Northeast, is close to joining the Compact. On Wednesday, the Maine Senate voted 18-12 to join the Popular Vote Compact and pledge Maine’s four electoral votes to the overall popular vote winner. The Maine House narrowly passed the bill earlier this week. The bill now goes to Governor Mills, who has ten days to sign, veto, or neither, in which case the bill automatically becomes law. The Governor has not indicated her intentions.
This action by the Maine legislature is possible only because of the Democrat majority in Augusta. This action, along with numerous other actions in the last year, starkly contrasts the wishes of the Republicans and possibly the Independents of Maine. If Trump were to win the State of Maine Election, but Joe Biden wins the national Popular vote, the four electoral votes would be pledged to Joe Biden. The voice of the people of Maine would be suppressed.
What is happening in Maine works for the Socialist Democrats, who are concentrated in the state’s major cities. Should the pendulum swing, and it is moving, then the Democrats will have to live with their decisions that may then work in the favor of Republicans. One thing is clear after the last twelve months: Democrats have little concern about what is suitable for all of Maine but what will keep them in power.
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Now that the COVID pandemic is behind us, we must thoughtfully evaluate what happened during this unprecedented time and prudently consider what should be done if a similar crisis ever happens again. One of the major issues that emerged during this challenging period was the mandatory wearing of face masks in schools.
A crucial bill has been proposed in the State Legislature this year (HB1093) that would prohibit school boards from ever again implementing any policy requiring the wearing of face masks.
As a member of the House Education Committee, I heard some emotional testimony last month at the hearing for HB1093. One parent described how her child was so psychologically traumatized that he developed nervous ticks due to the stress of mask-wearing. According to numerous teachers and parents, some children suffered such great anxiety that they were paralyzed with fear and could not speak. Mask mandates created an academic culture of fear and divisiveness which caused anxiety and hindered learning. Teachers explained the difficulties of working in such an emotionally negative climate and lamented that many students fell behind academically while also suffering emotionally.
During the hearing, I corroborated what the other witnesses had to say not by describing my personal experience but by sharing what I had learned about face masks from extensively reading medical journal articles and other sources providing information from medical experts. This research included a Cochrane Institute study last year which concluded that “wearing masks in the community probably makes little or no difference to the outcome of … COVID-19 like illness compared to not wearing masks.” Another article recently published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood concluded, “We fail to find any evidence of benefit from masking children…child mask mandates fail a basic risk-benefit analysis. Recommending child masking …is unsupported by current scientific data and inconsistent with accepted ethical norms.”
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Overall, I found that reasonable doubts had clearly been raised by reputable sources regarding the effectiveness of mask-wearing. Dr. Harvey Risch, Professor Emeritus of Epidemiology at Yale, had compared wearing masks as a virus deterrent to “putting up a chain link fence and hoping that it blocks mosquitoes.” Surprisingly, Dr. Anthony Fauci, in a February 5th, 2020 e-mail, wrote, “the typical mask you buy in the drug store is not really effective in keeping out virus, which is small enough to pass through the material.”
Not only did my research suggest that masks might possibly be ineffective but also revealed the probability of physical harm caused by toxic chemicals contained in the masks themselves including volatile organic compounds (VOCs), phthalates, microplastics and nanoparticles. Masks are also suspected by some experts to cause a condition known as MIES—mask-induced exhaustion syndrome. Considering all of this reasonable doubt, don’t you think that wearing a mask should be a choice rather than a requirement? More specifically, should school board members, who are generally not medical experts, ever arbitrarily mandate the wearing of facemasks?
HB1093 will not stop anyone who wants to wear a mask from doing so. Those who believe that face masks are effective can certainly keep on wearing them, and parents who want their kids to wear masks could still send them to school wearing them. Logically, these people should also believe that their masks will protect them and their children from those who choose not to wear them.
The House recently passed HB1093. Now it goes to the Senate where its passage would relieve school board members from having to determine controversial face mask policies while also giving parents the freedom to choose whether or not their children wear masks.
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It’s more than fifteen minutes after you drove home and finally you find a parking space in what once was your single-family zoned neighborhood. But the NH-UniParty outlawed single-family zoning in 2024, and your once picturesque, safe neighborhood is now an eyesore of “accessory dwelling units” crammed into what once was your neighbor’s front and backyards. And your neighbors are now mostly renters because once the UniParty outlawed single-family zoning BlackRock and the other “investment” firms swooped in and bought up as much of the neighborhood as they could.
It used to be easy to find a parking spot in front of your home. But the UniParty also outlawed minimum parking requirements. So lots that used to need one or two street parking spots are now taking six or eight. But finding parking is not the end of the ordeal. You have a 15 minute walk home ahead of you, in what once was a safe neighborhood but now is anything but that. Trash and graffiti have replaced impeccably maintained lawns and gardens. And there are also the dealers and the gangs and the street thugs.
This is the dystopia that Jo(k)e Sweeney and Ross Berry and other imposter-GOP want for New Hampshire. Kelly Ayotte claims that she is running for Governor in order to prevent Joyce Craig from “Massing up” New Hampshire. But what about Jo(k)e Sweeney and the other imposter-Republicans. Does Kelly support their jihad to outlaw single-family housing? She has NOT, to my knowledge, said one word in opposition to the NH-UniParty’s push to destroy the rural character of New Hampshire.
And where does Chuck stand on this issue? Does he share Jo(k)e Sweeney’s dream of turning New Hampshire into an endless sea of apartment complexes?
Maybe their wonderful surrogates could take a moment from telling us why their candidate is the true conservative to actually tell us something substantive? Not holding my breath.
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