Every time Congress decides to “debate” whether or not to give themselves a raise, they try to do it in secret because it’s a very unpopular move, for obvious reasons.

Whenever I hear that, I think of an alternative deal. The critters make $174K a year, which is about three times the average wages of the people who pay their salary.

The problem is that whenever these critters get together, their antics cost the taxpayers even more.

So, I have a modest proposal. If the critters want to grant themselves a $10k raise, I say give them a $50k raise, but only on the condition that they stay home and not “govern” us.

The problem, for us, is that they can make much, much more than that by not staying home. Feinstein died with a net worth of over $100 million. Pelosi has more than $100 million. There are others, in all parties, that have figured out how to milk the system for far more than their meager salary.

Consider the recent funding of Ukraine—hundreds of billions sent there with no accountability. Certainly, much of that has come back to members of Congress and their enablers in the military-industrial complex.

What if, instead, we officially recognized the obvious corruption and paid each member of Congress $100 million to go away? “OK, guys, you won. Take your winnings and go home. And never come back again.”

Let’s look at the economics.

Four hundred thirty-five members of the House and 100 members of the Senate. None Supreme Court justices, the President and Vice President. Five hundred forty-six hungry, corrupt mouths to feed. $100 million each is only $54.6 billion.

That’s less than half of the $113 billion that has been sent just to Ukraine in the last two years. Add that to the billions (trillions?) given to big pharma, big agriculture, big tech, and a thousand others.

And you can bet that there will be billions more sent to Israel as that certainly will become the darling of the military-industrial complex in the coming weeks and months.

So, I think giving every elected critter in Washington $100 million would be quite a bargain as long as they take the money and go away.

But what about the rent-seeking lobbyists? I mean, they bought these Representatives and Senators with their hard-earned (cough!) money. What will they get from my plan?

Well, that’s going to be between the critters and their enablers. The windfall that the critters would have received will have to be shared with their lobbyist enablers.

Maybe, in the spirit of transparency that my proposal would require, all lobbyist donors would be mandated to submit invoices to their beneficiaries detailing their contributions and demanding restitution, which would include principal, plus interest, plus a return that they expected on their investment.

Everyone wins. No more sneaking around with code words like Pedo Pete and “The Big Guy.” No more pretending that “we’re making the world safe for democracy.” No more lies about “you can keep your doctor,” “Yellowcake,” or “They hate us for our freedoms.” Plus a thousand others.

We all know the system is corrupt. Instead of dancing around trying to pretend everything is on the up-and-up, let’s just admit the bastards beat us and pay them to go away.

We’ll all be better off in the long run.

 

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It is not often that an entire city reaches such a level of decay that it deserves to be entirely razed to the ground, removed from existence. Sodom and Gomorrah are the pivotal examples in history that were destroyed by hellfire.

Whether that meant a natural disaster, an attack by an extraterrestrial force, or some sort of Earth-based warfare is up to your interpretation of historical accounts in the texts. Those cities hypothesized to have existed on the southern coast of the Dead Sea or thereabouts no longer exist.

“Ye shall know them by their fruits,” goes the biblical maxim. And what are the fruits of Gaza? Terrorism, plain and simple. A manifestation of pure evil. Last weekend, religious zealots spilled over the 1950 Armistice Agreement Line and went on an orgy of death. What followed has been widely discussed as to what actually happened. The details are unspeakably despicable and revolting to a good, upstanding citizen. The fact that so many are willing to engage in conversation about whether or not children were beheaded is a clear exhibit of the shocking moral decay of the entire English-speaking world.

The kneejerk response of some political figures and even student groups was to celebrate Hamas and affirm the Palestinian people’s right to resist their occupation. How stupid are these people? In cities across Europe and North America, Muslims held public rallies to support Hamas. The blowback has only begun. There is a simmering rage that is patiently waiting to unleash righteous justice.

Yes, Palestine has been oppressed, and at some points in the years since the establishment of the state of Israel, the citizens of Gaza have been treated like caged animals, confined to a narrow strip of land. But that was in May of 1948, now nearly 75 years ago. In all of that time, the Palestinian people have succeeded in two very distinct outcomes that define their present reality: (1) They have served as a breeding ground and civilian shield for Islamic fundamentalists’ war against Israel, and (2) They have utterly failed to build a functioning government or establish legitimacy as an actual state in the international community.

How long does it take a people to successfully build a government to represent themselves? I ask with astonishment. There are many governments that have successfully been formed and joined the international community since 1948, the date of Israel’s creation. That list includes every modern country in Africa (except Ethiopia, Morocco, Liberia, and South Africa), many Caribbean island nation-states, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Malaysia, Maldives, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Fiji. South Sudan, for example, became a successful independent state with a functioning government as recently as 2011. So, why do Israel and Palestine continue with their ridiculous two-state solution featuring a splintered Palestinian state across two geographically distinct territories— Gaza and the West Bank?

I offer you a perspective on the situation. Take the position that Israel-Palestine is one state. The main power centers are Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. Gaza has been denied or failed to create a functioning government— see the causes for that as you like. The reality is that the government of Israel has total power and control over Gaza and the West Bank. Those territories and the people in them exist at the mercy of the Israeli government. That also means that Israel can de facto control when and how it engages with Gaza.

In the past decade or so, the IDF’s incursions into Gaza have been limited in scale, temporary in duration, and intended to be incisive so as to root out anti-Israeli militants. They were justified by the reality that militias, many Iran-backed, were constantly and regularly firing rockets into Israeli territory, typically haphazardly at civilians. Gaza was little more than a base for violent anti-Israeli jihadist militias. What country in its right mind would allow such a constant threat to exist directly on its border?

If you consider Israel-Palestine to be a single entity, then the socioeconomic structuring of the population is fractured and essentially two-class. Israelis are in a superior position, with Palestinians severely disadvantaged with those in Gaza the most disadvantaged. The real result of this situation has become that Gaza is a power lever for Israel that enables its incredible influence over world events. The globalization of the Islamic community and the spread of sympathy for the plight of the Palestinian people has made this situation such that there are groups of Palestinians, Palestinian sympathizers, and outright Islamic jihadists in cities across Europe and North America and in other urban centers in the Mideast and Asia as well.

When Israel acts with any force against Gaza in retaliation for the monthly barrages of rockets, there is protest and outcry. The Palestinians have won the hearts and minds of many on the political left worldwide. The situation in Gaza is a lever of power that can turn on globalized rage and outcry against injustice, colonialism, and state brutality. This is in the terms of the political left. Gaza is a time bomb.

To prevent further escalations of conflict and to defuse the situation entirely, there is one absolute way. That is to totally destroy Gaza and relocate any civilians there who are actually peaceful civilians. They can move to Egypt, Saudi, Jordan, Lebanon, or even the West Bank. Anywhere. But this is one solution that is painfully clear: Gaza does not deserve to exist.

Gaza has not negotiated for itself a functioning government or territorial integrity. It is barely able to maintain its own sovereignty, if it has any, it is a stretch to acknowledge. And it insists on continuing as a shield for jihadists whose main goal in life is to kill Israelis.

This is a proposed solution that is harsh, but life is harsh. Reality is harsh. Gaza is a tumor on global civil society. When it is pressed, it creates pain and anguish all over the world. It is a decaying city with outdated infrastructure and little chance to ever stand on its own as a prospering state.

The current global environment is perfect for refugees. They can walk across the US-Mexico border and get a free iPhone, paid luxury hotel for several months, and free US citizenship. They can do the same in many European countries and many Arabic countries, too.

Palestine can be the West Bank, and that would be a massive step forward for peace in the Mideast.

Just get rid of Gaza.

 

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If you are not familiar with Aaron Day, he’s a serial entrepreneur who is running for President. And while that may look like a long shot, he’s still got a lot of critically important knowledge to share that is worth our time ad attention.

We’ve known Aaron for a while. He is something of a fixture among the grassroots and within the Liberty Alliance. He also has a unique understanding of the dangers of Centralized Digital Currency. He sat down with Jan Jekielek for Epoch TV to discuss it, and while it is nearly an hour long, I think you should watch it.

We can’t share it here, but you can watch it at the Epoch Times, and I’ve got a few snippets from the transcript to entice you to do exactly that.

Aaron begins by talking bout how he got here, the businesses he started – and how the government kept intervening to wreck them. It gives you some insight into his mindset and approach to problem-solving. His embrace of Bitcoin and digital currency and how that led to exploring government control of currency and by extension, human activity.

 

I’m focused on CBDC as somebody that’s a proponent of liberty and has moved to New Hampshire because of my libertarian values. I see central bank digital currency as the single biggest threat to human liberty. It is the gateway to everything that you just described. Once your money can be monitored, controlled, and censored by the government, that ties into social credit systems, vaccine passports, and digital IDs. That is the plan. This is something that’s actually been worked on. We are 50 years into a plan to push for a one world, global, technocratic form of government with this level of top-down control.

…

 

No, free countries weren’t thinking about this. About 20 countries were looking at exploring this in 2020. It’s now 2023 and 130 countries are exploring CBDC, and 20 countries will have implemented a CBDC by the end of this year. Over a billion people on this planet will be using a CBDC by the end of this year. What’s more alarming is that the United States has actually conducted three pilots.

The official view that you will hear from the chairman of the Federal Reserve is, “We don’t know if we will be looking at this. We don’t know if we’re going to be seriously pursuing this.” The reality is they have conducted three successful pilots and they already have the technology needed to roll out a CBDC in the United States. That’s the discrepancy that we have.

 

And one more …

 

There are three pilots. The first one is a pilot called Project Hamilton. The MIT multimedia lab was involved in all three of these pilots. Interestingly, the guy that was the chair when these things were started had visited Epstein’s Island twice.

You can’t make this stuff up. It sounds like a conspiracy theory, but there it is. This MIT group has been involved in each of these projects. Project Hamilton is a retail central bank digital currency. That simply means this would be the replacement for what we consumers use on a day-to-day basis as cash.

They did a pilot from 2020 to 2022, and this pilot was able to handle 1.7 million transactions per second. I’ll tell you why that’s important. If you look at Visa, MasterCard, and now this FedNow thing, which I could talk about separately, the current, traditional financial system can do between 50,000 and 100,000 transactions per second.

This Hamilton Project pilot can do an order of magnitude more than the traditional financial system, and that technology is sitting on the shelf. In the conclusion they said, “While we have the technical details worked out, there’s still a few things we might want to tweak. The real next step is figuring out the legality of how to roll this out, and the marketing of how to get people to accept this.”

People can be complacent and say, “This will never happen in America. They don’t have the technology yet.” No, it’s literally on the shelf. Project Cedar was a wholesale CBDC pilot. This is basically a CBDC that’s used for banks to communicate with one another for larger transaction volumes and to do transactions across the border. That pilot was concluded.

There is another one that’s even more dystopian, which was why they gave it a bland name. It’s called the Regulated Liability Network. The idea behind that one is to create one ledger that tracks all CBDC transactions. It’s basically a way of consolidating and managing all transactions and all digital assets, whether they are CBDC or non-CBDC.

It has taken me a while to summarize all this. I’ll give you an example of what it means and why it’s important. Imagine a future where there is no more cash, and the only thing that you can use to make purchases is CBDC. For instance, you go to the Apple Store and use your CBDC to buy a computer, and now your computer is given a digital token.

That digital token is tracked on a ledger along with your CBDC purchase of that computer. If the government decides they don’t like something that you’ve said online, or if you have a social credit score like they have in China where you have dipped below a certain level, they can not only shut off access to your money, they can shut off access to your computer, because your assets are actually assigned digital IDs. That is what is being contemplated with the Regulated Liability Network.

You can watch the entire conversation here, after which you can consider yourself as about as up to speed on CBDC as you could. Feel free to thank Aaron when you see him.

 

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It has been a week full of news about Iran’s Islamist Jew-hating-proxy Hamas’s massacring innocents within Israel. Acts of terrorism on the 50th anniversary of the Yom Kippur War when the Arab countries of Jordan and Egypt attacked it.

Streaming out of the Gaza Strip (between Israel to the east and north, Egypt to the south, and the Mediterranean Sea to the west), they then retreated back into Gaza, showing their true colors; if they could, they would initiate Holocaust 2.0 immediately.

The week’s news has also had the effect of showing us who the Jew-Haters are around the world and here in NH (In NH, Dozens Gather To Defend Hamas While Hundreds Rally for Israel).

Of course, they are Progressives.

• “…Rep. Chris Pappas (D-N.H.), who has long supported the Biden administration’s outreach to Iran and voted against pro-Israel resolutions in the past…”
• the Party of Socialism and Liberation, whose leader, Joy Douglas, said:

At the same time, Douglas insisted reports of mass Israeli civilian deaths at the hands of Hamas are untrue. No civilians were murdered in their homes, no hostages were taken by terrorists, and no 300 concertgoers were gunned down by terrorists using paragliders. There’s no documented evidence that those people are dead,”

Holocaust Deniers in the Service of Islam and Progressivism/Socialism.

 

Gaza, Gaza, so what is this place – Gaza? Here is a template (map) to review if or when you watch the news.

 

(click to embiggen)

 

One would think that given their size and population, they COULD have gone in the direction of “not much land, not much in the way of resources – so let’s go intellectual!” and maximized what they have.  Instead, they’ve engaged in a fruitless and blinkered outlook that they can really succeed in killing all of the Jews (“from the river to the sea”) and conquer Israel in an Islamist Jihad.

HT | Visual Capitalist

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I spent most of yesterday hanging (Press Pass) with a few hundred Republicans on day one of the NHGOP First in the Nation Leadership Summit, collecting videos including several of the candidates who spoke, as well as talking to a lot of Republicans outside the main ballroom.

Clips below include Chris Christie, Perry Johnson, Doug Burgam, Ronna McDaniel, and Ron DeSantis. I did not stay late enough to hear Nikki Haley or Vivek Ramaswamay. All that old age and treachery caught up with me, and the event was running about 40 min behind schedule.

I was hoping to get something for everyone, so I apologize for missing those two if you think they are the next best thing in presidential contenders.

I cannot attend day two (today), so no Asa Hutchinson, Tim Scott, or Mike Pence. I know. You were all pining for some Asa Hutchinson.

Overall

I can’t tell you how many times I heard someone say we must work together, unify behind our nominees, and how we can’t win if we don’t. It is a serious concern (but when is it not?). And while there was plenty of talk about what was wrong and what we need to fix, winning mostly meant stopping Dems from ruining the country or finishing the job the Left has started. That’s a big order, and everyone who spoke wants you to think they are the one.

Fair enough. Desperate times. Room for debate, but that aside, everyone who spoke sounded great. They all had good ideas and made excellent points. Hit something out of the park if you like—no shot in hell, but they had ideas that should not be ignored.

I did not record all of those ideas. My goal was to get a few seconds from each candidate to get a feel for their delivery and focus—some more than others.  I have several clips from DeSantis, but neither quality nor quantity are meant to show any preference. Nor are my notes anything but a few neutral observations of how I interpreted what I heard them say.

The Contenders

Chris Christie was the first Republican Presidential primary candidate to speak and the only one where I saw people leave the ballroom in deliberate protest. A small crowd got a little smaller, but it was early, and not everyone was there, perhaps protesting by simply arriving later.

Christie focused on the connections between what is happening in Israel, Ukraine, and Taiwan. He identified an evil axis without calling them that. China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran. Their goal is to create fear in the world. He also noted that Putin must be pleased about Hamas (helped by Iran) distracting us from Ukraine. How Putin wants to get the Soviet Union Band back together and letting him have any bit of Ukraine will embolden that.

This video is not edited and presented as is mid-thought or mid-stream.

 

One Clip

 

Next up is Perry Johnson. We learned about his blue-collar roots and self-made status. He’s the guy who wrote (created) the ISO 9000 standard (using quality metrics to optimize cost, quality, and productivity). That the RNC doesn’t like him becasue he would take away their power in Washington. And most importantly, how we need to fix the deficit and budget problems and how doing so will energize our economy. That every failed empire on earth went down becasue of economics.

He is pro-oil, pro-Israel, and would scrap the Dept of Ed. Again, the video is not edited and presented midstream and as is.

 

 

One Clip



 

Doug Burgam talked about energy, the economy, national security, job creation, the perils of war weakness, and Biden’s energy policy. One example was how Biden’s commitment to ending oil production affects Southeast Asian allies (especially Japan). They rely on the US for energy security. Biden’s commitment puts them all at risk from a geopolitically aggressive and expansionist China.

Burgam would open oil production – wide open – as both a move toward energy independence and to ensure allies who rely on it are not left to squirm under our enemy’s boots.

 

One Clip

 

Ron DeSantis had the most significant and loudest crowd, but I was not there for Nikki Haley or Vivek Ramaswamy, so again, that I saw. Lots of enthusiasm and his supporters appeared well-organized and there to put on a show for the cameras.

And he did have a great message and delivered it well without bashing any of his challengers. I have several unedited clips from his remarks. He stands with Israel. Defends Parental Rights. Rule of law. He wants the constitution enforced and opposes the administrative state as in – time to disarm the weaponized bureaucracy (my words, not his).

He wants to see the CDC, FDA, and NIH held accountable. Gov ROn went on to list his accomplishments in Flordia, from blocking CBDC to CRT to DEI. Lots of Republican red meat and all of it was well received.

 

 

Clip One

Clip 2

Clip 3

Clip 4

 

To close (as another reminder), yes, had I stayed later, I would have provided multiple clips for Haley and Ramaswamy, who are also, in my opinion, more interesting candidates likely to stimulate the most debate. They are not high on my list, but we have readers who would want to know what they had to say.  So, my apologies (again) for not having the stamina to make it until the end of the first day. The event was running late, and that was a big factor. But I was excited to get out and do some “reporting,” if you will, and plan to do more in the coming days and weeks.

Wait, I have one more. Ronna McDaniel spoke before Ron DeSantis if you are interested.

 

One Clip.

 

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The latest announcement from Steve Scalise has opened up the way for Jim Jordan. This decision that he has withdrawn from the race for the House Presidency was announced during a Republican conference meeting on Thursday night. Scalise had previously clinched the nomination for the post after narrowly beating Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, following a vote by the Republican conference on Wednesday.

The race for the next Speaker of the House had been underway following the unanticipated removal of Kevin McCarthy. Two candidates had emerged as frontrunners: Steve Scalise and Jim Jordan. While Scalise had secured the initial nomination in a secret ballot, it did not guarantee his ascension to the Speaker’s chair. He had to garner still sufficient support to win a total chamber vote.

Moreover, Scalise’s victory in the closed-door session, with a vote tally of 113-99, has sparked outrage among many conservatives. Much like McCarthy, some members see Scalise as a part of the “uniparty” establishment, a continuation of the status quo. This led many conservatives to rally behind Jim Jordan, a figure they see as representing their values and ideals.

Jim Jordan is not just another politician but a beacon of hope for conservatives. His candidacy is supported by none other than former President Donald Trump, a fact that bolsters his appeal among hardcore conservatives. Yet, despite this endorsement, the final decision rests in the hands of the House of Representatives members.

Interestingly, Jim Jordan had offered to nominate Steve Scalise for speaker on the House floor, which speaks volumes about his dedication to party unity. Despite narrowly losing the nomination, Jordan reminded his colleagues that the ultimate goal is to secure at least 217 votes on the floor, which is needed to officially elect the Speaker of the House. However, this was far from an endorsement of Scalise.

The reasons provided by Scalise were “the deep divisions within the Republican Party” and, therefore, “the inability to secure the necessary votes.” Despite being formally nominated by the House Republican conference, Scalise felt that the meeting still had not come together and was not united.

Moreover, concerns were raised over Scalise’s health, as he is battling blood cancer. While this was not the main reason for his withdrawal, it did add to the uncertainty surrounding his bid for speaker.

All the while, Jordan’s emphasis was not on ‘personal victory’ but on ensuring that the party presented a united front. This was evident in his decision to offer Scalise his support and attempt to persuade his colleagues to do the same. However, the deep fractures within the House Republican conference made it difficult for Scalise to secure the necessary votes to win the gavel.

Many had vehemently argued that such a process as a secret ballot conducted in Congress lacked transparency. In retort, Scalise accused conservative holdouts in the speaker’s race of having their own “agenda” and stated that he believed they needed to put their agendas aside and focus on what the country needed. Indeed, it was the belief of many conservatives that all votes put forth in the name of constituents should be transparent, allowing those constituents to monitor the actions of their representatives.

The GOP Congress’s decision to go behind closed doors and choose Scalise over Jordan has been seen as yet another instance of the party disregarding the desires of its voters. Despite the overwhelming support for Jordan among Republican voters, the party opted for Scalise, a decision met with widespread disappointment and frustration.

In a political landscape where big money donors and lobbyists often dictate the course of action, it is no surprise that they favor Scalise for Speaker. This influence is often seen in campaign finance, where wealthy donors can pour unlimited amounts of money into campaigns through Super PACs, drowning out the voices of ordinary Americans. However, it is the voters who want Jordan as Speaker, a sentiment that appears to be largely ignored by the Republican Congress.

The actions of our elected representatives have made it clear that they are not working for us; they are working for themselves. This is a wake-up call for us to hold them accountable and demand that they act in the best interest of our republic and not just their own.

To this effect, the Republican Accountability Project has launched an initiative to hold Republican members of Congress accountable for their votes, including by helping credible primary challengers against them. While it may be challenging to reduce the influence of big money donors and lobbyists on American politics, there are efforts to limit campaign finance, increase transparency, and enforce fair and effective election laws.

So, despite Jordan’s efforts to rally support for Scalise, it was clear that the race for the Speaker position was far from over. Some members of the House, including several of Jordan’s supporters, have indicated that they will still be voting for Jordan. This suggests that while Jordan may prioritize party unity, his supporters still see him as the best candidate for the Speaker position.

It is now clear where the hearts of true conservatives lie. They lie with Jim Jordan, a man they perceive as representing their values and ideals. Their support for Jordan is his political stance and their desire for transparency, accountability, and a government that genuinely represents the people it serves. As the final decision looms, one thing is sure: the voice of the people and true conservatives demands to be heard.

As the latest development of Scalise dropping out of the Speaker’s race unfolds, Jordan should have a clear path to victory, that is, if Republicans can come together and unite the party.

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We used to use the phrase “Bring Big Flashlights” when we first started, but like many things, there were lots of “Shiny Objects” that captured my attention over the years. And after my latest DCYF-induced hiatus of several months, I am starting to rev back up again.

And what better way than to go back to doing what our NH Constitution holds us, we citizens, responsible to be actively doing:

 

[Art.] 8. [Accountability of Magistrates and Officers; Public’s Right to Know.] All power residing originally in, and being derived from, the people, all the magistrates and officers of government are their substitutes and agents, and at all times accountable to them.  Government, therefore, should be open, accessible, accountable and responsive.  To that end, the public’s right of access to governmental proceedings and records shall not be unreasonably restricted.  The public also has a right to an orderly, lawful, and accountable government…

and

[Art.] 38. [Social Virtues Inculcated.] A frequent recurrence to the fundamental principles of the constitution, and a constant adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, industry, frugality, and all the social virtues, are indispensably necessary to preserve the blessings of liberty and good government; the people ought, therefore, to have a particular regard to all those principles in the choice of their officers and representatives, and they have a right to require of their lawgivers and magistrates, an exact and constant observance of them, in the formation and execution of the laws necessary for the good administration of government.

After all, if you accept the definition of “Character” to be “that which a person does when they don’t think anyone is looking or can find out”, I have learned the hard way that there are more than a few that have no compunction in trying VERY hard to do those things the rest of us would turn in disgust. Therefore, we ALL must be vigilant and observant to ensure that those we put into trust positions, by election, appointment, or by hiring, continuously keep to high standards in keep that trust alive. It’s called Accountability.

So, in my restart, baby steps. After all, I am getting a bit creaky and starting to run takes a bit of time which makes me a bit cranky. That said, can one find joyfulness in being cranky the right way (I’m sure trying to make that happen!)? Well, I’m going to try:

—— Original Message ——
From “Skip” <Skip@granitegrok.com>
To randerson@mascenic.org; jlampinen@mascenic.org; tfalter@mascenic.org; kmatson@mascenic.org; eneilson@mascenic.org
Date 10/12/2023 1:47:02 PM
Subject RSA 91-A Demand for SAU87 Enrollment Information

Good afternoon, School Board members,

Please find, attached to this email, a Right To Know demand for Enrollment information for the past five (5) years for the High School as well as the District as a whole.

I thank you for your lawful attention in this matter.

-Skip

Skip Murphy
Founder, co-owner
GraniteGrok.com | Skip@GraniteGrok.com

And, since I haven’t posted one in full for a while, here is the RSA 91-A demand that I sent:

October 12, 2023

Right to Know Request per RSA-91A: Total Enrollment information for the Mascenic Regional School District / SAU87

[Art.] 8. [Accountability of Magistrates and Officers; Public’s Right to Know.] All power residing originally in, and being derived from, the people, all the magistrates and officers of government are their substitutes and agents, and at all times accountable to them. Government, therefore, should be open, accessible, accountable and responsive…The public also has a right to an orderly, lawful, and accountable government…

Demand:

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:

• For the last five (5) years, the following enrollment numbers:
  • High School number of students
  • Total District number of students

If this cannot be fulfilled within that 5 business day mandated window per RSA 91-A:2, II, please advise when the Responsive Record(s) will be made available.

Per RSA 91-A:4 IV(c) If you deny any portion of this request, please cite the specific exemption (RSA 91-A:5) 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.

Additional: It is not up to the Requester to be made to look up the subjects or materials that are the focus of this Right To Know (e.g., from the Respondent: “here’s the URL so do the search yourself”). It is the responsibility of the Respondent to fully supply all demanded materials.

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 practical to produce such, explain why it is not practical 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, query files, policies) which may have been deleted from respective local hardcopy or software systems but are still available on the applicable servers or in application or archival system(s) either in-house or hosted.

Please let me know when these records are available for inspection or you may email the records to me at Skip@GraniteGrok.com. If the volume is turns out to be substantial, I’ll be happy to supply a Dropbox folder invite to hold the responsive records.

Thank you for your lawful attention to this matter.

Sincerely,

Skip Murphy
Founder
GraniteGrok.com

I also sent a similar one for the budgetary information for the District as a whole as well as for the high school budget.

The clock has started to tick…

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A quick shout out to all the “Vaccine Deniers” in the house we call ‘Merica. You should be proud of yourselves. In a nation with over 300 million people, not counting the tens of millions of unvaccinated illegals, DHHS says only 2% have lined up for the latest COVID booster.

This means that the Xbb.1.5. 2.9. Omicron SUV Epsilon Law and Order CSI Hawaii, Morrocco, Bangladesh Halloween 27 booster shots are not popular. Only a fraction of the population is still playing Pfizer-Roulette.

It must be embarrassing.

 

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services data shows that the major vaccine manufacturers, Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech, have gotten their updated shots out to about 2 percent of the population as of Wednesday,  Reuters reported.

 

And not for lack of trying. Big Pharma continues to ply the airwaves with ads on radio and television cajoling the masses to roll up their sleeves. COVID, RSV, and Flu, to name a few.

And what of those poor Democrats and their rhetorical terror campaigns? Vaccine denier. Anti-vaxxer. Terms of derision driving acts of tyranny that are falling on an increasing number of deaf ears. They’ll need to rethink that.

98% of Americans and some unknown number of non-Americans are vaccine-hesitant. They deny the efficacy of additional injections by refusing or failing to do – what can only be described – as their patriotic duty.

What is a progressive to do?

While we wait, here is Aaron Rodgers – alleged to be a royal asshat of a human being but one with the sense to exercise some intellectual medical autonomy – at least on the subject of “mandatory emergency use COVID vaccines.” He would like to debate Chiefs Tight End Travis Kelce (better known to many as Taylor Swift’s next ex-boyfriend) on the subject of these vaccines.

 

Aaron Rodgers is inviting Travis Kelce to have a vaccine debate.

Rodgers proposes that it be him and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. against Kelce and Anthony Fauci.

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— Ari Meirov (@MySportsUpdate) October 10, 2023

 

HT | Breitbart

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