This week, the House met to consider all bills that didn’t go to a second committee. Since this was a deadline, many bills we wanted to kill would be tabled instead since the motion to table is not debatable. Anything on the table after this week would need a 2/3 vote to do anything, so it’s likely it’ll quietly die on the table.

First, we had a memorial to a deceased representative, then welcomed two newly elected representatives (both Democrats.)

HB 1365, allowing pharmacies to substitute biological products, passed without discussion, as did HB 1366, penalties for negligent boat operation.

HB 1359, annulling or re-sentencing various cannabis offenses, would allow anyone who had been convicted of cannabis possession to appeal to the court directly, without the usual $300 fee, for an annulment or re-sentence. The bill would also have the state start the annulment process for those whose sentence had been completed. It was debated and passed, 283-80.

HB 1713, requiring a felony defendant be present in court, was not tabled, 112-256, and the committee chair presented a floor amendment that limited the mandatory presence to when the jury returns the verdict and the sentencing. I voted to table the original bill, but after the floor amendment, I wasn’t as opposed. After some debate, the floor amendment and the bill passed on voice votes.

HB 1014, on registering high school students to vote, had a committee amendment to put voter registration into the civics curriculum, 189-186. The bill then passed on a voice vote.

HB 1015, on elementary school literacy development, was extensively debated, primarily between two long-winded Republican representatives with different views on how to improve literacy. Since only 52% of students in the state test as Proficient in reading, it’s a serious problem. (Math and science are worse!) The committee amendment passed, 297-77, then a floor amendment from the other representative failed, 145-229. The bill finally passed, 365-9.

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HB 1084, instituting qualifications for the commissioner of education, would require her to be a professional educator or education administrator. It was tabled, 196-179. HB 1087, a study committee on information and media literacy, was tabled on a voice vote.

Then, by a 189-188 vote, we took HB 1683 from the table. This bill removed Medicaid coverage of routine infant circumcision. The pending motion to kill the bill failed, 185-188, a motion to reconsider the ought to pass motion passed, 188-186, then the pass motion failed, 184-191! All this without debate, as we had debated this bill for over an hour last week; we finally returned it to the table on a voice vote.

HB 1093, prohibiting mandatory mask policies in schools, was amended, 172-163, to except individual accommodations to students with disabilities. After some debate, the bill passed, 187-184. HB 1287, on the definition of “evidence based” in education, was debated, not passed, 179-193, and killed on a voice vote.

HB 1452, establishing qualifications for a superintendent of schools, was tabled, 193-182. HB 1453, requiring all institutions of higher education be non-profit rather than for profit, was also tabled, 190-184.

HB 1476, changing the due date for a memorandum of understanding between a charter school and the sending school from before the start of the school year to November 1, was also tabled, 192-182. These MOUs are necessary for special education, since the sending district is responsible for services.

HB 1481, on appointments to fill vacancies in cooperative school districts, was debated, with proponents urging that replacements be appointed from the same town as the former member, and opponents pointing out that cooperative districts have rules guiding this process, and the bill would retroactively affect these agreements. The bill failed to pass, 186-188, and Interim Study passed on a voice vote.

HB 1592, forbidding the use of Education Freedom Accounts for religious schools, was tabled, 191-186. HB 1616, requiring parental consent for each service provided to a child that is billed to Medicaid, was debated and passed, 190-187.

Then a member moved to take HB 1353 off the table. This bill granted the Department of Education subpoena authority when investigating cases of licensee misconduct, as other commissioners typically have. The motion failed, 183-194.

HB 1642, changing the school board member on a cooperative school board budget committee to non-voting status, was debated and not passed, 185-189, then went to interim study on a voice vote. Obviously changes to cooperative school districts are not popular in this session…

HB 1091, a cleanup bill of the campaign finance laws, had the committee amendment, a floor amendment, and then the bill, pass on voice votes; a motion to reconsider failed, also on a voice vote. The same thing happened on HB 1596, requiring disclosure of the use of deceptive artificial intelligence in political advertising. This bill was triggered by the use of a communications with a  faked Biden voice before the presidential primary.

HB 1102, declaring breeding flat faced dogs (pugs, bulldogs, etc) to be animal cruelty, was tabled, 232-140.

HB 1145, prohibiting private ownership of new landfills, was not tabled, 180-193, then a floor amendment to ensure liability for leaks is set in any operator’s contract was adopted, 234-125. Then debate, with the opponents supporting the free market and the supporters wanting to prevent the importation of out of state trash (mostly from Massachusetts. Of course, they don’t mind that New Hampshire’s hazardous waste all goes to out of state facilities.) The bill passed, 208-162.

From my committee, HB 1059 updated the state building code. As expected, there was a floor amendment to update the energy code as well. I spoke against it, and the amendment failed, 179-192, and the bill passed on a voice vote.

HB 1190 would adopt the social work interstate compact. It was not tabled, 181-192, then we debated it briefly. The motion to kill the bill failed, 175-200, and the bill passed on a voice vote.

HB 1222, physician assistant scope of practice, had the committee amended adopted on a voice vote, then a floor amendment presented the compromise we’d worked out earlier this week. It added 8000 hours of clinical practice before a PA could practice independently, with a formal collaboration agreement if there wasn’t a physician in the same specialty working with him. I thought 8000 hours (about 4 years full time) was too much, but that was the lowest number we could get some of the opponents to accept. After the amendment was explained, it and the bill passed on voice votes.

HB 1271, converting some regulatory boards to advisory boards, was debated before going to interim study, 195-181. HB 1545, selling state surplus property for affordable housing below market value, was tabled, 190-185.

HB 1279, requiring the state to pay 7.5% of the retirement cost of local employees, was not tabled, 182-192, then debated. It was not killed, 178-194, passed on a voice vote, and not reconsidered, 179-194. I was opposed because we’ve already added a lot of money to the retirement system this session, but mostly because the state has no input into how many employees a municipality has, nor how much they’re paid. And arguing that the state needs to honor a 60 year old negotiating point strikes me as a very weak argument.

HB 1323, making an appropriation to print the state constitution, was amended to delay the effective date to the next biennium, to include any constitutional amendments approved in November.

It then passed on a voice vote, without comment.

HB 1280, putting a definition of informed consent and patients’ rights into the physicians’ licensing statute, was debated over whether or not it was necessary. It then passed, 189-181. HB 1568, providing Medicaid reimbursement for EMT calls even if the patient is not transported to a hospital, had a few remarks before passing, 237-136.

HB 1607, expanding “safe haven” protections when giving up an infant, was not tabled, 183-187, then debated at length. Interim study failed, 182-189, and a floor amendment to protect mothers from prosecution passed on a voice vote. Debate continued, with some members stating that they wanted to exclude evidence of drug use or whatever, but were unwilling to accept not using evidence of physical or sexual abuse. On that note, a motion was made to divide the bill (as amended), taking out section 5 which was the part making evidence from the abandonment inadmissible in court. That motion passed, 290-82, and the rest of the bill passed, 372-1. Section 5 did not pass, 185-188. I voted for it because I thought it more important to encourage that sort of parent to give up their child than to be able to prosecute them after they did.

It was now 4 pm, and coffee and snacks were available in the anteroom, so many representatives missed some or all of the debate on the next two bills.

HB 1181, on solid waste districts, which seemed to me to be a housekeeping measure allowing such districts to contract with third party haulers, use a manifest system to smooth out the accounts payable system, and authorize emergency expenditures – as other municipal authorities can do now. The committee amendment was debated mostly on the authority to “direct” waste rather than just “accept” it, and passed 223-136. The minority amendment, with more controls on procedures, failed 149-216, and the bill passed on a voice vote.

HB 1223, originally on budget committee membership, had a non-germane amendment allowing towns to vote to accept – or not – games of chance (charity casinos), as they had Keno. It was not tabled, 166-196, then debated on the amendment, which passed 282-86. The bill then passed without further comment.

HB 2024, the state ten year transportation plan, was adopted by passing the committee amendment on a voice vote. Then we debated a floor amendment that deleted a single element of the plan, returning Continental Boulevard in Merrimack to town ownership. Since Continental Boulevard is not really part of the turnpike system, the state wants to give it back. Interestingly, the state is completing a repaving project on the road and estimates annual maintenance costs at about $100,000; the town estimates them at $500,000! That discrepancy, plus the overheated rehashing of the history of the road, made me less sympathetic to Merrimack’s claims; the amendment failed, 172-195 and the bill passed on a voice vote.

HB 1113, requiring shoreland septic systems be inspected before the property is sold and replaced if necessary, had the committee amendment adopted on a voice vote, then a floor amendment to require replacement in 180 days rather than a year was also adopted on a voice vote after a few remarks. The bill passed without further comment.

HB 1121, codifying that landowners can remove woody debris and stream blockages after a flood or a storm without a permit, passed without comment.

HB 1301, regulating wake surfing, was tabled, 196-172. HB 1390, regulating wakesports, was also tabled, 190-178; a later motion to take it off the table failed, 165-188.

HB 1291, allowing two ADUs (accessory dwelling units) per house, by right, was not tabled, 87-277, then debated at length. It passed, 220-143. I supported it because I’ve gotten several communications from constituents who want to build an ADU for themselves or for disabled family members but have run into town regulations that made it difficult or impossible. It also makes sense to allow people to build these small apartments throughout the state rather than large apartment complexes – it preserves the character of our towns much better. Not to mention that the old farmhouses typically housed grandparents, aunts, and some farm HB 1339, requiring towns to allow duplexes in some single family zones, was debated at length before passing, 220-140. I sympathized with the opponents who said it would be difficult to administer, but, like HB 1291, it helps to increase the supply of housing units without drastically changing the character of the neighborhood.

HR 31, urging support of the dignity through prosperity act, was tabled on a voice vote.

At this point, HB 546 was taken off the table after a 182-179 vote. The bill passed, 182-178, and not reconsidered, 172-188. I was opposed to this bill because it added $50 million in school building aid, despite having funded such aid at normal levels in the budget.

HB 1273, protection of personal information from driver’s licenses, went to interim study on a voice vote.

HB 1711, allowing the state to report mental health data to the federal background check database, was not tabled, 150-205. A floor amendment to make it a study committee on the process was killed on a voice vote, then we debated, at some length, a floor amendment to limit the types of reports authorized (not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity, found by a court as a danger to others, but not just to themselves and not before final court judgment.) This failed, 101-252, with all the Republicans from the area, and Representative Turcotte from Allenstown, opposed. After some more debate the bill passed, 204-149.

HB 1637, reducing requirements for repairs after vehicle inspections, had been a unanimous committee vote. The full House adopted the committee amendment and a floor amendment to fix a drafting error, without debate. The bill passed, 349-6.

Finally, a representative moved reconsideration of HB 1283, medical aid in dying. This motion is rarely debated, but this time, both bill supporters and opponents mentioned the time (7 pm) and the eleven speakers already signed up to speak on this bill…  Reconsideration failed, 147-210. Personally, I wouldn’t expect a different result this time; we debated the bill for over an hour last week, and everyone knows how they would vote on it. So, with Republicans down due to the hour, even if reconsideration passed the bill would pass again.

 

Editors note: My apologies for the delay in publishing this. 

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As promised in Monday Memes, I have an overflow. My meme cup runneth over.  And yes there will be a Friday edition too.

Let the mayhem, mockery, and ridicule resume:

 

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

 

 

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The nice thing is that blue helmets are easily IDed from afar.

 

 

 

 

 

This, and a thousand other data points… and there are STILL people who think The Potato is doing a good job.  Baffling.  Like here:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

About a half a heartbeat…

 

 

Remember, this guy was the CONSERVATIVE leader…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sounds kind of like current events, no?

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting someone in the UK who is a pagan; their recounting of some of the end time prophecies from that belief system does also sound somewhat like what we’re seeing.  So, again, going back to my old blog and two essays I did about the end times (and, yes, I do apologize for some mild cheesecake at the front, but at the time it seemed like the pictures of women did get a lot of traffic; in retrospect, cheesy and a little crass):

 

E It was the best of times, it was the end of times 1

 

E It was the best of times, it was the end of times 2

 

 

Hey schmuck – “Safe and effective”, eh?  A pity, because I’ve enjoyed many of his movies.

 

 

 

I’d argue to use cinderblocks.  A lot cheaper, much more common, just as effective too, and after SHTF we’ll need millstones far more than cinderblocks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

But… but… but we’re sooooo oppresssed!

 

 

 

 

 

 

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PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA

 

 

If you’re a member, might want to reconsider that membership.  And if you do make the decisions to leave, tell others, and tell Planet Fitness why.

 

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Links (some from me, some from my Jarhead friend):

 

Antifa threatens violence at Indiana speaking event featuring Libs of TikTok, GOP congressman | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

Saw this too late to put into Monday.  “You know what to do”.  THAT is a dog whistle.

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Thanks, Joe: Afghan Women are Not Okay – HotAir

ISIS Is at War With the World Again, Thanks to Biden and Putin – PJ Media

Islam advances, and the West is silent.  And while I don’t specifically agree with the Jesus references, I do agree with the criticism that NICENESS is going to be Western Civilization’s doom.

Being “Nice” is Destroying Western Civilization (rumble.com)

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‘White Supremacy’ Is Social Justice Code For ‘Economic and Social Success’ – PJ Media

As anyone like me who has lived in Asia can see clearly, the reason for Asian success in the United States — which, as Hunter Biden has shown, is not entirely meritocratic but meritocratic enough for merit to matter — is that Asians tend not to act like feral animals in places like schools, shopping malls, subway systems, etc.

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I Want to Stop CBDCs – What Can I Do? – Solari Report

On Point 1: I always use cash to the greatest extent possible.  And I need – and you should too – to start writing all the stores you patronize to tell them you like paying in cash.  That’s physically writing.  Not emailed comments, not comment forms.  In this electronic age, actual letters stand out.

Point 11: The problem is that nobody believes me.  It’s all Oh so convenient and all… and when I say, with evidence, that CBDC and an all-electronic payment system is rife with risk, the response is inevitably some version of either Oh that can’t happen here or Oh that’s just not possible.

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Douglas Andrews: Obama to the Rescue? | The Patriot Post

Barackus has no choice but to become visible given The Potato’s screw-ups.

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K Paul Stoller’s excellent well-written paper on the danger of mRNA technology that is in the mRNA COVID vaccines; it is a bioweapon, it is deadly, it was made to kill; a non-sterilizing vaccine (substack.com)

What Makes All Vaccines So Dangerous? (midwesterndoctor.com)

More on the Jab specifically:

Caught in Their Own Trap? – The Vaccine Reaction

SHOCKING: USA Has Recorded Over 1 Million Excess Deaths Among the Over 65’s Since the FDA “Approved” the COVID-19 Vaccine (substack.com)

And this is fascinating:

Tucker: Why did they push the Covid vax even when they knew it didn’t work? – Whatfinger News’ Choice Clips

Could this effect of the spike protein on the mind, and ability to learn/be independent vs. being an obedient slave, be deliberate?  And if yes, how on earth could this have been developed?

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Creepy Video: Vermont Dems Push Bill Against Gay Porn ‘Book Bans’ In Children’s Libraries – modernity

Seeking to make secret their grooming of kids.  Related to that whole thing:

JK Rowling dares police to arrest her for ‘misgendering’ after Scottish hate crime law takes effect | Human Events | humanevents.com

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The FBI (or people claiming to be the FBI, they would not show ID) are coming to people’s houses to “ask” them about social media posts they have made.  Gee, intimidation much?

https://twitter.com/realJoelFischer/status/1773452809347698829

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A couple posts ago I had an article where Slo-Joe was considering making all the illegal aliens into citizens (of course, so they can vote!).  Now the Dems in Congress are actually contemplating that:

Moonbattery Senate Democrats Push to Legalize Illegal Aliens Quickly – Moonbattery

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Well, the client list for Epstein’s Island still has not been released, but a dedicated data miner has located ALL the phones that were there, showing maps of where they came from, where they went on the island, how long they were on the island, and many other small details.  Of course, they did not connect it with NAMES mind you, but just the phone data should be enough (it was for the people who came to the Capitol on January 6th, 2021).:

Bayou Renaissance Man: Very interesting… but where are the details???

Same story, different angle:

Leaked Cell Phone Location Data Reveals 200 Mystery Guests On Epstein’s “Pedo Island” | ZeroHedge

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It looks like the DOJ was specifically targeting Trump from Day one of Biden’s administration, and Merrick Garland is actually getting flack from them for not putting Trump away by now:

Biden’s DOJ Targeted Trump From Day 1 – Daniel Greenfield / Sultan Knish Articles at DanielGreenfield.org

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Dems are very worried as the latest polling data suggest that young adults are leaning toward Trump, so they are throttling back on signing up young voters:

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/04/01/dnc-activists-warns-democrats-to-stop-registering-young-voters-theyre-gonna-vote-for-trump

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Are you ready for your “Social Credit Score”?  Don’t want one?  Well, the banks are already setting it up for you, so you’re getting one whether you want it or not.  This video is about 1 hour & 20 minutes, but the meat is in the first 14 minutes:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/epochtv/americans-quietly-assigned-china-like-social-credit-scores-5619690 

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Poland Quietly Confirms NATO Troops Are Deployed in Ukraine – Vigilant News Network

Closer and closer to the edge we get.

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Biden raises alarm bells with outright lie about pro-transgender Easter proclamation: ‘If he didn’t do this, then who did?’ | Blaze Media (theblaze.com)

Two possibilities.  He did and is now denying it (or doesn’t remember)… or he didn’t, which means – duh! – that he’s not really in charge.  Neither is comforting.

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SLOWLY… SLOWLY… (youtube.com)

This Bill Whittle video in conclusion.  From 11 years ago.  We must – MUST – remember, all that is currently happening was scripted years… decades… in advance.  We’re only now waking up to it.

 

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To that “doctor”…. please get boosted.  Make sure to take choline supplements for a month before too as it makes the Jab work better.

 

 

 

 

Always loved Bugs Bunny.

 

 

 

 

 

Mental illness.  Pure and simple.

 

 

 

 

 

It’s not enough to boycott.  Tell them why.

Tyson Foods

2200 W. Don Tyson Parkway

Springdale, AR 72762

 

 

Well, let’s be clear.  Crime, visibly, will go up.  But prosecutions and convictions will go down.

 

 

 

 

This picture, right there, should be enough to shock anyone.  Now I want you to imagine flipping this, and Trump had done this.  Can you even begin to imagine the outrage and calls for him to be removed from office over something like this?

 

 

 

If it weren’t for double standards, Liberals wouldn’t have any.

 

 

Blasphemy.  This makes me sick.

Understand that, years and years and years ago, as a newly-minted atheist &&&

 

 

 

 

Definitely troubling.

 

 

 

 

Interesting how I’ve evolved.  I used to have no problem at all with the idea of gays marrying.  Now, while I certainly don’t advocate stonings or anything, I’m far less tolerant than I used to be.

 

 

All these nitwits think that their lives will be heaven when civilization falls are in for a very rude awakening.

 

 

Something does seem to be coming…

 

 

 

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Pick of the Post:

 

 

There is probably no simpler visual than this on what the enemedia is – which is deception and alteration of reality.

 

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Palate cleansers:

 

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Knowing from personal experience?

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Come back on Friday for more memes.  Same meme time.  Same meme channel.

 

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Revisiting and slightly editing a quote I originated in 2020 (I can prove it) but, here it is:

 

You cannot make a person see something when his view of himself as a superior being – good / highly-educated / intellectual / morally-superior – depends on his not seeing it.

(c) 2024, NITZAKHON

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Families and kids need your help in stopping this bad bill, and your opposition to it must be made known by Wednesday night, 04/03/2024, at the latest.

SB459  bill adds emotional and psychological harm as benchmarks for the presumption of harm to a child. While we acknowledge that psychological abuse is real, it is not something that can be measured. Only objective, measurable, quantifiable metrics should be used as a reason to terminate parental rights. We fear the consequences of this bill will be that parents will end up bringing in their experts to oppose the state’s experts with opposing opinions, leaving children stuck in the middle because of the subjective nature of the metrics.

This Republican-sponsored bill has some explaining to do. If this bill were to substitute parents, guardians, or caretakers for PUBLIC SCHOOLS, I would agree with it. With public schools using social-emotional learning (SEL) to identify which students are in tier 1, 2 or 3 of mental health intervention, also known as the Multi-Tier System of Support for Behavioral Health and Wellness (MTSS-B, the mental health piece of the SEL pie) this would give DCYF superpowers to intervene and possibly take kids from families. This could increase DCYF’s caseload by 10 to 20 percent, and DCYF/DHHS plans on hiring 35 new people, costing the state about 4 million a year (see fiscal note section on the bill).

The intention for creating this bill may be right, but it’s a horrible bill by adding emotional, social, and even psychological health into the bill. It uses vague, non-concrete words like recklessly, attention, emotional, or psychological well-being. Emotional, social, and psychological are unable to be 100% reproducible where each person tested would produce exactly the same results. Each person is different (you like hunting Bambi to put food on your table, and I think it’s emotionally traumatic to kill an animal, or you like allowing abortions up to 6 months, and I am traumatized that anyone could let this happen).

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Look at sections 6 and 7 closely… Shoot, look at this whole bill very closely; there are just too many things I see as wrong and subjective. It just gives DCYF more power and leaves the parents, guardians, and caretakers helpless.

 OPPOSE OTP – SB459

The full bill if you would like to read it:

https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/pdf.aspx?id=22701&q=billVersion

Senate Emails:
You can copy and paste all or choose who you want to email. The first 14 are Republicans, and the last 10 are Democrats.

Carrie.Gendreau@leg.state.nh.us,
Ruth.Ward@leg.state.nh.us, Keith.Murphy@leg.state.nh.us, Daryl.Abbas@leg.state.nh.us,
Regina.Birdsell@leg.state.nh.us,
Howard.Pearl@leg.state.nh.us,
Denise.Ricciardi@leg.state.nh.us,
Daniel.Innis@leg.state.nh.us,
James.Gray@leg.state.nh.us,
Jeb.Bradley@leg.state.nh.us,
Kevin.Avard@leg.state.nh.us, Timothy.Lang@leg.state.nh.us, William.Gannon@leg.state.nh.us, Sharon.Carson@leg.state.nh.us,
David.Watters@leg.state.nh.us,
Becky.Whitley@leg.state.nh.us,
Cindy.Rosenwald@leg.state.nh.us,
Shannon.Chandley@leg.state.nh.us,
Debra.Altschiller@leg.state.nh.us, Rebecca.PerkinsKwoka@leg.state.nh.us,
Suzanne.Prentiss@leg.state.nh.us, Donovan.Fenton@leg.state.nh.us, Lou.Dallesandro@leg.state.nh.us,
Donna.Soucy@leg.state.nh.us,

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Last year, we shared some content suggesting that RFK Jr. could make a good VP choice for Trump. The idea was trashed (for good reason). Bobby is great on health freedom but too liberal on everything else. After choosing Nicole Shanahan for his VP, anyone on the right willing to look the other way can’t even do that anymore.

If RFK Jr.’s progressive proclivities beyond individual health rights and reigning in the regulatory abuses were a risk worth taking, Shanahan, the mega-wealthy, ultra-left-wing albatross, is too much to bear.

Related: I’d Never Want RFK Jr for Trump’s VP… But How About as His Sec. of Health and Human Services?

She is being marketed as a young, pulled-up her own bootstraps girl lifting herself out of poverty. She loved public school, was sexually harassed in the workplace (at least once), and finally rose to financial and social prominence by marrying a billionaire she later divorced and milked for a small fortune. Be that as it may, these days, she is a left-wing lawyer and a proglodyte “philanthropist” who married into big money, amassed wealth, and is a threat to liberty and individual rights.

Shanahan Hearts Liberalism.

Kennedy’s curveball choice of billionaire divorcee Nicole Shanahan, 38, immediately accomplished three things. Nicole’s wealth flooded Kennedy’s campaign coffers. It tantalized Klaus Schwab-loving liberals leaning away from Biden. And most importantly, it instantly turned Kennedy into a scratched-for-violations-at-the-gate non-starter with any Republican anywhere for any reason, period. …

I apologize to our Kennedy fans. In truth, there’s everything to love about Kennedy’s stance on vaccines. Lifelong democrat Nicole Shanahan seems to share Kennedy’s distrust of all jabs, and she also thinks the regulatory agencies have been captured by pharma. Great stuff. But on every other conservative issue, Nicole is politically toxic. There’s just no way.

The upside is that Democrats are freaking out. Whatever lack of concern they had for RFJ Jr. pre-Shananan has evaporated as the party and its presstitutes fan anti-Kennedy Narratives as if they’ve got the collective vapors.

Their avocado toast is mostly just toast and plus it tastes rancid in their now-dry mouths. Their champagne cocktails are totally watered down, and they think there’s a hair in it. They lack even the strength to demand to see a manager.

All the blood has drained from their nerveless, botoxed faces — because a horrifying possibility just occurred to them. ..

The horrifying possibility presented to deep state democrats is that a viable, Ross Perot-like third party candidate aimed at democrats makes cheating more complicated. Not just a little more complicated. For lots of different reasons, a third-party Kennedy/Shanahan ticket makes cheating insanely more complicated.

Can the Democrats still steal the election if the Kennedy-Shanahan ticket siphons off enough votes to make it logistically daunting?

I’m not saying that’ll stop the uniparty from keeping Trump out of office. They’ll certainly try to use Congress to decertify or refuse to certify an electoral college win. There’s also that dark corner we mention only rarely. If all fails, would they try to have him killed?

If you wanted a real insurrection, you’d likely do it.

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Far from a perfect answer. Not even a very good answer … as RFK, Jr. accepted CNN’s nonsense that questioning an obviously rigged election is somehow the equivalent of trying to overthrow the government. BUT … he hit the nail on the head about the threat the Biden-Regime poses to democracy. You canNOT have a functional democracy when the political party in power gets to control the information available to the voters.

RFK Jr. admits Biden is the greatest threat to democracy we’ve ever faced, far worse than Trump’s criticisms of the integrity of the 2020 election. pic.twitter.com/hNhMc2q3Le

— @amuse (@amuse) April 2, 2024

Needles to say the Koch-bot-“Republican”-imposters that control the NHGOP would have a far different take, along the lines of … “Twitter, Facebook, Google, etc. are PRIVATE companies and if they want to work with the FBI, CIA, NIH to censor information and to disseminate misinformation they have every right in the world to do so!!!”

Slava Ukraine! Workforce housing! Slava! Don’t Mass Up New Hampshire! Slava! Slava!

 

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It is amazing to me that at the same time the “Me Too Movement” was at its height, The Book 50 Shades of Gray, about a sociopathic power-driven millionaire abusing a willing female participant, was a best seller! Could this same dichotomy be in play between the legislative power brokers and the citizens of NH?

Lately, my constituents and a growing list of friends across the aisle have been writing to me with great abandon. It looks like some of the same actors, plus a few new ones, have stepped up for the sequel “How to Destroy Voter Confidence, Accountability, and Enforcement” (HB 463—fn. Election Portal bill @$550,000).

Swinging the whip is Senator “50 Shades of” Gray, Representative Ross “ITL” Berry, Sec of State Scandal, and a new character Sen. (AWFL) – Altschiller ( Urban dictionary – AWFL; affluent white female liberal)

HB 463 is a carry-over from 2023 – pushed by fellow Democrat colleagues. We are still learning more about the apparent deal between the House election law committee citizen voter abuser “ITL” Berry and Sen “50 Shades of” Gray and AWFL. (Final Vote on HB 463 not yet announced as of this writing). Guess who also Cui Bono (who benefits)?  Secretary Of State Scandal as his power quietly becomes centralized, to which he has recently reassured key Democrats in the last few weeks meetings.

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In case you voted for HB 463 (the online voter portal bill) last time around, let me offer some of the most egregious insights from the voters who have written, texted, and called me. Maybe you will change your mind and honor our oaths on the final bill.

The legal and accepted definition of an affidavit can be found in RSA 659:30 and RSA 659.50 processing affidavit – absentee ballots. HB 463, as written, violates these laws. Most bizarre, HB463 makes the applicant’s phone number and email address – exempt from the Right to Know law RSA 654:31a

So, since when and why are we voting to violate our oath of office by not following the legal definition and the law? In HB463, the new voter simply self-identifies their affidavits of NH residency and citizenship – online (not required to have town clerks verification – in person) for this identification process. What could possibly go wrong at a time when illegal immigration has been identified as the #1 issue of the American voter and our sister states are giving out US driver’s licenses (no proof of citizenship)? This will violate & dilute the sovereign voting rights of the NH citizens and taxpayers.

HB 463 also does not identify if there will be any third-party access to our voter rolls—a big security issue, oversight, safeguards, programming, etc. Recently, in NY, an online portal that 63 counties audited had embedded coding to create a large web of fake voters.

Cui Bono—not our NH Voters. Our most basic constitutional and sovereign voting rights are being sacrificed on the shady altar of efficiency over security and accountability. In my review, I see no right of efficiency in the New Hampshire or US Constitution. Do YOU!

Vote no on HB 463. Stop the whipping and abuse of New Hampshire citizens, voters, and taxpayers.

You will notice the (II) in the author title. I have added an “II” to indicate that a second person has joined me, and hopefully, more will follow!

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Do you know the old saying that he who defines the terms of the debate wins the debate? Apparently, the NHGOP does not. The NHGOP continues to treat WMUR and its “political director” like journalists when it is undisputable that WMUR is simply an arm of the New Hampshire Democrat Party and Adam Sexton is an imposter.

The issue honestly described is biological boys/males competing against biological girls/women in school sports. Yet how does WMUR choose to frame the debate … it’s about discriminating against trans-athletes, which … surprise! surprise! surprise! … is exactly how the NHDP wants to frame the debate:

But never a word from the NHGOP’s “leaders” about the obvious agenda and bias of WMUR. They apparently do NOT believe that Republicans should fight back against media bias. Lose gracefully! Slava Ukraine! Lose gracefully! Slava Ukraine! Meanwhile:

I take it that this is another one if those photos that we shouldn't post because they are too 'incendiary' Myself, I wonder whether that's a property of the *photo* or of *what it depicts.*

Oh well. pic.twitter.com/zAdwzzeDFj

— Jon Pike (@runthinkwrite) March 31, 2024

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New Hampshire has about 18 miles of coast along the Atlantic Ocean. The port of Portsmouth, still a working port, much to the chagrin of the new residents there, leads into the Great Bay and Little Bay watershed. Over the years, it has seen its share of controversy.

The featured Image is an original artwork used with permission from a local artist: David Riina.com

I remember in the early 1970s, Aristotle Onassis was going to put the largest oil refinery in the world in Great Bay. Piping oil from the Isle of Shoals to a refinery in Great Bay in Durham. The environmentalists opposed it, politicians ran on it, and it died. Then, the Seabrook Nuclear Station brought the legendary Clamshell Alliance into being. A 20,000-person occupation took place. Musicians held vigil (I still hear “NO NUKES” in my head”), songs were written, and people were arrested. The nuke plant prevailed but with many prohibiting factors, some of them good. A tragic oil spill in the Bay during the mid-70s traveled to all the towns along every connecting river, which brought bleeding hearts from all over the country to save the wildlife, among other events.

New Hampshire has always been protective of their small but great connection to the Atlantic. The latest barrage of saviors is bringing new restrictions on people with roofs and farms for nitrogen, phosphates, and other human interactions that they say are killing all grass in the Bay and poisoning the Atlantic with absolutely no detailed, long-term studies or proof.

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Yet, with all the issues we have to deal with environmentalists today, I am absolutely astonished by the Off Shore Wind Farms (OSW) and the dead ocean mammals (4 dolphins in 2 days this past weekend) floating in the ocean and washing up on the beaches where OSW is built and under construction, receives “crickets”… No bull horns, no boats circling the windmills, no spray paint, no protests at the companies (and government) responsible, no songs, nothing. It is the opposite! Local Portsmouth non-profits such as this group, Seacoast Anti-pollution League, promote OSW and say, “Sea creatures have much worse things to worry about like pollution, overfishing/fishing gear, and climate disruption.”

The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), on March 18, 2024, opened two new environmental assessments of offshore wind power: one for the agency’s proposed Gulf of Maine wind energy areas, the other for the Atlantic Shores project off New Jersey. They are proud of reducing the Gulf area by 85%, but it still encompasses 2 million acres of prime fishing and marine wildlife feeding and migrating areas. The maps below show impact on several whale habitats.

What they don’t mention is the construction phase of this will annihilate all living creatures for miles, and the cables carrying 600,000gw of power have to get to shore through beaches and roads to a transfer switch station. The cabling construction will have a direct impact on shellfish and other creatures that live close to the shore for miles as well. After installation, dangerous Electromagnetic Pulses (EMPs) and other impacts have not been addressed. All one has to do is look at the shores of NJ, Virginia, and NY to see the devastation and frequent dead mammals washed up onto the beaches. Our money is donated to such non-profits and aquariums to toe the line on OSW as the second coming.

 

OSW has been in the pipeline for many years, and until the Green New Deal and all its money put into these projects, it has fast-tracked the industry without any studies or data on the impact on the ocean or marine life. We have Governor Chris Sununu to thank for the Tri-State “Task Force.” A large group of government officials and their friends, along with a few fishermen in Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. Here are the stakeholders:

Recent Timeline:

2019: Sununu requested the BOEM to establish the Gulf of Maine Intergovernmental Renewable Energy Task Force with membership from New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Maine, and all federally recognized Tribes in the Gulf of Maine Region.; Governor Sununu signs Executive Order 2019-06 supporting the efforts of the Task Force and directing the NH Office of Strategic Initiatives, the NH Department of Environmental Services, and the NH Department of Business and Economic Affairs to produce a report on greenhouse gas emissions and port & transmission infrastructure in New Hampshire as it relates to the potential for the deployment of offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine. BOEM holds the first meeting of the Tri-State Task Force with presentations from BOEM, other federal agencies, all three states, and other stakeholders.

2020: Governor Sununu signs HB 1245, which includes the creation of the NH Commission to Study Offshore Wind and Port Development; the Commission, chaired by NH State Senator David Watters, meets monthly and includes representatives from state government, the business community (including NH’s commercial fishing industry), and labor unions. – Governor Sununu signs Executive Order 2021-03 reiterating his support for the exploration of offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine and updating his previous Executive Order to extend the deadline for the study on greenhouse gas emissions and port & transmission infrastructure. BOEM, New Hampshire, Maine, and Massachusetts resume the activities of the Task Force, specifically developing a plan and timeline for the next phase of BOEM’s process, which is the siting and leasing process; this includes creating a regional stakeholder engagement plan, which will support each of the states’ individual stakeholder engagement plans

2022: the BOEM first steps in the commercial leasing process for the Gulf of Maine. Biden-Harris Administration Continues Offshore Wind Momentum, Announces Next Steps for Gulf of Maine. New steps to spur offshore wind development and investments from the Inflation Reduction Act will lower energy costs and create good-paying jobs (for other countries).

Current: NH is actively interviewing for an “Offshore Wind Director Summary: To administer agency objectives by assessing and coordinating the needs of the State’s activities regarding offshore wind, particularly as it relates to offshore wind deployment in the Gulf of Maine; makes recommendations for short-term policies or procedures.” Interestingly, the job description does not mention the safety and study of marine life or the ocean.

OSW in the Gulf of Maine is off and running, full steam ahead and NH has rolled out the red tide of death allowing this without any regard to the ocean or marine life!

State of New Hampshire study: https://www.energy.nh.gov/renewable-energy/office-offshore-wind-industry-development

Below are the contractors listed in the contract and what they are tasked to do. The contract ended, and there is no indication it will continue as the NHDOE says it was to write a study, nothing about further testing or studies or gathering data on Offshore wind and the impact on marine life or the ocean. When asked, the NHDOE said no additional studies! One other red flag is all this is just desktop data mining, with no boots on the ground or ocean! There is a plethora of data in this report. None of which answer some of the tasks in the original contract.

The NHDOE claims we have no say regarding OSW in the area outlined by BOEM is in federal waters, (3 miles out is NH and 200 miles USA federal waters then international)! Somehow, this does not make sense because, as a state, we are supposed to tell the federal government what we want. If Maine controls the wind electricity, will NH benefit? NHDOE states, “Indirectly. If additional electricity is being generated, and demand stays constant, prices will decrease for the entire region.” There are no agreements made for the purchase of off shore wind by the state of NH. When asked about protecting our shores? I was referred to another government agency where no additional data was available. “The New Hampshire Coastal Program is responsible for issuing all federal consistency decisions in New Hampshire.”

Highlights from the original request and the final study:

The report is listed on the state web page: (typos are in the original docs)

“The Contractor shall be engaged by, and report to, the New Hampshire Department of Energy (DOE), to assess and report on the potential environmental, economic, and energy impacts in New Hampshire of development of offshore wind projects in the Gulf of Maine.”…“Normandeau Associates, Inc., Veritas Economics Consulting, and Tetra Tech, Inc. 2023. Potential Environmental, Economic, and Energy Impacts in New Hampshire from Development of Offshore Wind in the Gulf of Maine. Prepared for New Hampshire Department of Energy. 439 p plus Appendices.”

Normandeau Associates, Bedford NH:

“Wind Power Industry, Ecological and Regulatory Permitting Services” among other energy markets

Normandeau will conduct a desktop assessment of the potential environmental impacts of offshore wind development in the Gulf of Maine. The assessment will be geographically focused on potential impacts that are most relevant to New Hampshire. We will review existing publicly available information for important biological resources including birds, bats, fish, benthos and fish habitats, marine mammals, and sea turtles. Specific attention will be provided to the most sensitive species and habitats, Includihg the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale and commercially Important American lobster… Norrhandeau will gather and summarize information on existing databases and literature for each of the resources: birds and bats, fish and fisheries study, manne mammals and sea turtles, and sand and gravel.”

Veritas is listed for the following task. “Veritas Econimics uses modern microenconomic methods to address important environmental, resource and health problems.”

The contract states:

“Economic Impacts to Maritime Industries and Activities Veritas will evaluate the economic impacts to maritime industries and activities from offshore wind development… Veritas will use this model to assess the effects of offshore wind develophient on commercial fisheries and to characterize the effect that offshore wind development can have on commercial fishing.

Tetra Tech https://www.tetratech.com/solutions/energy/offshore-wind/ is listed for the following “desktop” tasks abridged…

“Tetra Tech will prepare an assessment of potential air emissions created by offshore wind operations for a hypothetical facility in the Gulf of Maine, which will specifically address potential emissions of sulfur hexafluoride (SFg), which is a potent greenhouse gas (GHG) commonly used… Tetra Tech will prepare an assessment to discuss and identify potential risks and constraints’ associated with the use of rare earth minerals in offshore wind turbines…. Tetra Tech will prepare an acoustic assessment describing potential sound impacts associated with offshore wind turbine operations. Applicable noise regulations will be discussed and a range of wind turbine sound power levels for larger offshore wind installations. A discussion of construction activities will also be included in the assessment, and the implications of both underwater and in-air noise impacts, focusing on pile driving activities. Screening-level sound propagation calculation will also be conducted to predict received sound levels onshore related to offshore pile driving.

While assessment of underwater noise impacts on marine species is a critical component to offshore wind facility permitting, for the purpose of this study, underwater noise impacts will be addressed in a qualitative manner. … Noise prediction results will be used for the purposes of providing an estimate of noise impacts.” Tetra Tech will prepare an acoustic assessment describing potential sound impacts associated with offshore wind turbine operations. Applicable noise regulations will be discussed and a range of wind turbine sound power levels for larger offshore wind installations.

A discussion of construction activities will also be included in the assessment and the implications of both, underwater and in-.air noise impacts; focusing on pile driving activities. Screening-level sound propagation calculation will also be conducted to predict received sound levels onshore related to offshore pile driving. While assessment of underwater noise impacts on marine species is a critical component to offshore wind facility permitting, for the purpose of this study, underwater noise impacts will be addressed in a qualitative manner.

Tetra Tech will base this assessment on a hypothetical project, similar in scale to those currently in development in southern New England, based on publicly-available information sources. No comprehensive acoustic modeling will be completed for this task. Calculations will correspond to more simplistic sound propagation calculations. Noise prediction results will be used for the purposes of providing an estimate of noise impacts.”

Summary:

Each subcontractor is in the ‘wind” business in some way. Can we trust them to be impartial or even objective, as it is likely they receive federal grants for offshore wind study and development? I could not find financials on them worth sharing, but they seem to be doing very well. In the summary of pros and cons, they only mention birds and bats needed more study. When they refer to Right Whales, the concern is tourism! The original request was not fulfilled as many of the items still remain unanswered, and there is no plan to answer them…

Page 284 does confirm the threat to Right Whale habitat. There is much discussion about the depth of the cables and how deep whales go to forage, but no data on the harm from the electricity or the whales in general. They also spend and refer to whale deaths and entanglements caused by fishermen. Details on food or grazing patterns, mating, and whale noise (not in conjunction with wind farms), and migration patterns. According to this study, there are 336 right whales as of 2021! That’s not a lot. These numbers are provided by Passive acoustic monitoring, page 243, patterns. Page 245: “There are 21 species of cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises), four species of seals, and four species of sea turtles that inhabit the GOM and RFI Area. Among the 21 species of cetaceans, 5 whales (blue, fin, North Atlantic right (NARW), sei, and sperm) are designated as endangered under the ESA.” species of marine animals in the target area, gulf of Maine to Massachusetts. On page 247, they list the Biologically Important Areas for many species. I did not find any details on dead marine mammals, cause and location. This study did confirm that offshore wind farms create noise, have toxic elements, have vibration and visual impacts, use rare earth minerals, and more, not including a vast list of construction issues. What the study did not do was state how all this will affect marine life or where we go from here.

If Offshore Wind Farms’ “sound,” “pollution,” or “noise” is not an issue, why are we paying for studies that don’t say anything? Why and what are “sulfur hexafluoride a potent green house gas” doing in wind turbines and what does it do? What and why is the use of “rare earth minerals in offshore wind turbines”, disposal, and maintenance? Where is a plan that if an OSW generator blows up or leaks oil, what will they do, and who will be responsible? What if a hurricane destroys them and the cabling? Where is the ocean’s plant life mentioned and considered? What about the gallons of hot chlorinated water used to cool the High Voltage Direct Current Cooling (HVDC) being dumped into the ocean?? These are just highlights! There are too many questions and not enough answers.

The Gulf of Maine has been identified as a strategic area for Biden’s offshore wind plan. So buckle up, Maine, New Hampshire, and Massachusetts. The Green New Deal is coming for your lobster, boating, fishing, and tourism industry. I’m not entirely sure what to make of the NH state study, but it does supply us with some baseline data. The closest active offshore wind farm is off  Marthas Vineyard, the “Vineyard Wind Project1” and south. Construction of OSW has begun in Searsport, Maine, a pristine natural habitat for a plethora of species on and off shore. Millions of our dollars and jobs will go toward foreign companies for the manufacture and installment of these monsters. See this diagram of the sheer size of them, courtesy of Ocean City, MD. The BOEM just approved an additional 84 new OSW turbines that will be nearly 800’ tall (243.84m).. The Sunrise Wind project will provide 800mw to New York, not Massachusetts. Visible from Cape Cod and the Islands, the Vinyard Wind project will be the largest in the country. There is no mention of the impact on the ocean and marine life.

The landmark court decisions to stop construction due to lack of study and data on the marine ecosystem are coming in fast and furious. France’s Council of State has halted all Wind projects, calling them illegal and requiring full environmental assessments. https://www.na-paw.org/pr-240317-France.php?fbclid=IwAR2GD_hLcLkspqKibgkp6nlLKWUReVxy7ZD1yCyNA4U6flo6xDzZ8f5zsrg

In Ireland, in the past week, a high court judge ruled that the noise caused by wind turbines could be considered a legal nuisance. All say not enough has been done testing and studies of the impacts! The testing that is being done all points to harm to marine life. Just this week a Vinyard Wind 1 study reports that pole driving (used in creating OSW) is rivals seismic airgun arrays even with noise mitigation used. The money the Biden administration put toward OSW is not staying in the USA. China is outpacing and outbidding other foreign entities, and the promise of jobs is not going to Americans. They bring their own specialized workers and hire very few union members.

I contacted all four NH gubernatorial candidates to ask if they support over 1,000+ OSW turbines in the Gulf of Maine, off the NH coast, and not one replied. Senator Watters, NH Commission to Study Offshore Wind and Port Development for NH, has not answered when the next meeting of the Tri-State Task Force will be. Even our representatives, who work for us, are not talking about it or answering calls. It is time for NH to stand up to this nonsense, call your representatives, and get the Zodiac boats and bullhorns out before you see Offshore Wind Farms scattered along our precious seacoast and, worse, dead marine animals and the end of coastal shellfish and fisheries! OSW brings a whole new meaning to whale watching…

Sign the petition and tell lawmakers and regulators that it’s time for a moratorium on offshore wind.. https://www.nefishermen.org/petition

Part 1: https://granitegrok.com/mg_seacoast/2024/03/save-the-whales-no-save-the-wind

Part 2: https://granitegrok.com/mg_seacoast/2024/03/save-the-whales-no-save-the-wind-follow-the-money

Part 3: https://granitegrok.com/mg_seacoast/2024/03/save-the-whales-no-save-the-wind-part-3-the-data

 

 

 

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The internet loves stories about globalist plots to use everything and anything to get mRNA anything into the general population. There are stories about jabbed livestock and even vegetables, but the State of Tennessee is pushing back.

HB1894 seeks to regulate “food that contains a vaccine or vaccine material,” and if you intend to produce it, consumers won’t be able to buy it… without a prescription.

“You would have to get a prescription for that to make sure that we know how much of the lettuce you have to eat based off of your body type so we don’t under-vaccinate you, which leads to the possibility of the efficacy of the drug being compromised, or we overdose you based off how much lettuce is [eaten],” he said during a House committee meeting in February. “All this does is [say] we’re going to classify these types of food sources as pharmaceuticals, so if you want to consume them you would go to your doctor and get a prescription.”

I’m not sure that’s the biggest issue. Even if you can get vaccines into food and neither cooking nor prep compromises or alters the drug or its delivery (or maybe it does), how do you control dosing? The dose makes the poison. Some might not be enough. What is enough, and what happens if they get too much? You have to control more than what happens to the vegetable, in this case, lettuce (and don’t feed any to your rabbits).

The regulatory logistics would be extensive and expensive for both compliance and enforcement, and neither would be adequate for the task, even if safety were a genuine concern and they weren’t just looking for another way to make people sick.

And what about drug interactions? Does your grocer need to be a certified pharmacist who reviews your cart full of purchases for unsafe interactions (scans your chip for an updated list of whatever you are taking) to ensure it won’t “produce” unpleasant side effects, including death?

It’s such a bad idea that they should stop wasting our money on it, but states like Tennessee, which is looking down the road, feel obligated to craft laws to protect their citizens should this recklessness reach warp speed.

The chatter suggests that there are multiple programs being funded to look at food as a delivery system; this is just one, and the experts are not admitting to any sort of success. In fact, the preferred narrative seems to be that even if they were to succeed, it would make the food cost prohibitive, so there’s no need for the legislation. That’s probably true, but gain of function research is illegal in the US, so they farm it out to China, Ukraine, and dozens of other countries. Why wouldn’t they do the same thing for lettuce (or whatever), subsidize it to get the cost down, and then quietly infect millions of people with whatever it is they grew inside it?

…Very quietly until someone like Michael Schellenberger exposed it on X to the chorus of denials from the FDA.

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A must-read article … Night Cap: Two Dangerous Bills Must Be Stopped. Read it to see how the very “Republican” State Reps who tell us they will prevent the Democrats from “massing up” New Hampshire are actually working with the Democrats to “mass up” New Hampshire.

SIXTY-SEVEN (67) “Republican Reps” voted with the Democrats to turn New Hampshire into an endless sea of apartment complexes. Within a short period of time, New Hampshire will look like a mini-me Massachusetts. And once the Biden-Regime steals another election, these apartment complexes will be the perfect places to warehouse all the additional illegal aliens the Regime intends to import.

Read the article. The point of this post is to highlight the imposters calling themselves “Republicans” who are actually Koch-bot-corporatists. The names:

Republican Votes (67)

Alexander, Joe(R) Hills. 29
Ankarberg, Aidan(R) Straf. 7
Aures, Cyril(R) Merr. 13
Avellani, Lino(R) Carr. 4
Aylward, Deborah(R) Merr. 5
Bailey, Glenn(R) Straf. 2
Bean, Harry(R) Belk. 6
Berezhny, Lex(R) Graf. 11
Berry, Ross(R) Hills. 39
Burnham, Claudine(R) Straf. 2
Connor, James(R) Straf. 19
Costable, Michael(R) Carr. 8
Cushman, Leah(R) Hills. 28
Donnelly, Tanya(R) Rock. 25
Doucette, Fred(R) Rock. 25
Drago, Mike(R) Rock. 4
Dunn, Ron(R) Rock. 16
Gerhard, Jason(R) Merr. 25
Granger, Michael(R) Straf. 2
Griffin, Gerald(R) Hills. 42
Harb, Robert(R) Rock. 20
Harvey-Bolia, Juliet(R) Belk. 3
Hobson, Deb(R) Rock. 14
Hoell, J.R.(R) Merr. 27
Janigian, John(R) Rock. 25
Janvrin, Jason(R) Rock. 40
King, Bill(R) Hills. 43
Kofalt, Jim(R) Hills. 32
Ladd, Rick(R) Graf. 5
Lascelles, Richard(R) Hills. 14
Layon, Erica(R) Rock. 13
Leavitt, John(R) Merr. 10
Lekas, Alicia(R) Hills. 38
Lekas, Tony(R) Hills. 38
Lynn, Bob(R) Rock. 17
Mannion, Dennis(R) Rock. 25
Mannion, Tom(R) Hills. 1
Mazur, Lisa(R) Hills. 44
McConkey, Mark(R) Carr. 8
McDonnell, Valerie(R) Rock. 25
McGough, Tim(R) Hills. 12
McGuire, Carol(R) Merr. 27
McGuire, Dan(R) Merr. 14
McLean, Mark(R) Hills. 15
McMahon, Charles(R) Rock. 17
Moffett, Michael(R) Merr. 4
Murphy, Michael(R) Coos 6
Newton, Clifford(R) Straf. 6
Notter, Jeanine(R) Hills. 12
Osborne, Jason(R) Rock. 2
Perez, Kristine(R) Rock. 16
Phillips, Emily(R) Rock. 7
Polozov, Yury(R) Merr. 10
Popovici-Muller, Daniel(R) Rock. 17
Potucek, John(R) Rock. 13
Proulx, Mark(R) Hills. 15
Prudhomme-O’Brien, Katherine(R) Rock. 13
Quaratiello, Arlene(R) Rock. 18
Santonastaso, Matthew(R) Ches. 18
Smith, Jonathan(R) Carr. 5
Spillane, James(R) Rock. 2
Stone, Jonathan(R) Sull. 8
Sweeney, Joe(R) Rock. 25
Tenczar, Jeffrey(R) Hills. 1
Vose, Michael(R) Rock. 5
Wallace, Scott(R) Rock. 8
Yokela, Josh(R) Rock.

 

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Industrial Hygienist Stephen Petty has decades of experience protecting people from hazards, so when he tells you masks can’t stop a virus, that’s an expert scientific fact. And still, some do not believe.

Petty was back in New Hampshire on March 15, 2024, to provide expert testimony before the House Special Committee on COVID Response Efficacy, and one example of a disbeliever is New Hampshire State Rep. Trinidad Tellez. She is a Democrat, a woke doctor (and director of Health Equity for NH DHHS), and (allegedly) a researcher.

She appears wearing a cloth mask, which is amusing for several reasons before and after arriving.

Mr. Petty’s most recent testimony – available in its entirety below and worth every minute – was well underway when she decided to show up late – wearing that cloth mask (a bandit come to steal your medical freedom!).

One observer mentioned how Rep. Tellez spent time looking at her phone. At one point, I saw her flip through a printed copy of the slide deck with casual disinterest. As a health equity expert, it likely had little that would appeal to her agenda, and no, she never took off the useless mask.

Related: (2022) – Certified Industrial Hygienist Stephen Petty’s Senate Testimony on Why Masks Don’t or Can’t Work

Petty had explained to the Committeee (his detailed slide deck is available here) how and why there is no scientific basis (and never has been – he brought receipts) for masks as a means to reduce viral transmission and how even the medical bureaucracy has said as much, if not backhandedly when Rep. Tellez finally arrives – so it’s no surprise she appears disinterested from there on out.

Petty’s presentation explored how masks can’t stop viruses (not even N95 and why), shares research showing how masking makes infection and transmission more likely, and how masks are bad for kids and learning. He covers a lot of ground in the 80-plus minutes he has the floor (followed by Q and A, which I did not capture – full video available here from 7:30 to 1:57:00).

Much of this will not be new to anyone who reads outside the corporate media lines, but it serves as an excellent reminder.

Mr. Petty also reminded the Committee that doctors are not subject experts on most or all of the disciplines related to air quality and hazard mitigation. Most know little or nothing about PPE (medical masks are not, by legal definition, PPE), its proper applications, or its effectiveness or ineffectiveness.

Rep. Tellez could be forgiven for her ignorance, but not after the hearing – the slide deck handouts had links and references to data and evidence from public and private sources.

I doubt she’s interested in learning that truth or expressing that with her vote, which ought to be of interest to the “community” whose interest she claims to represent.

Here is the testimony and the slide deck.

 

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Update: added missing link to full video.

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There is a continuously stronger chorus of voices in the Anglosphere claiming that capitalism has failed.

A rallying cry for decades from the political far left, the critique of capitalism stems from many misunderstandings but mainly from a total lack of awareness of what capitalism actually is and isn’t.

Looking historically, the anti-capitalist movement was spurned in the 20th century by the Marxists and Maoists, whose relentless march for personal power built the Communist International. Marx called for a communist revolution— an uprising of the workers to replace the wealthy upper class, the bourgeoisie. Realistically, that uprising happened in many countries during World War I and World War II. The great wars of the 20th century were, in other nomenclature, Marx’s fabled communist revolution.

Both Russia and China felt the brunt of this movement. The latter threw off the vestiges of a millennia-old imperial governing system and became a republic, albeit one-party-dominated, in 1949. Collectivist rule, another name for communism, seemed more fitting to control the larger national populations of the post-20th-century information age.

Today, that communist ideology has firmly planted itself in the United Nations and World Economic Forum. The left is dominant, and capitalists are under attack. But this is nothing new. It is simply a power struggle over wealth.

Capitalism is another name for the intelligent and efficient deployment and appropriation of capital— valuable goods, money, resources, and labor. This is why saying capitalism is the problem is a boogieman argument, like saying CO2 causes climate change. It’s a propagandist message that is simple and catchy and encourages extreme stupidity.

Capitalism is also the caring and maintenance of the free market— that means allowing people to trade and decide the value of things (a.k.a. prices) by whatever means they choose. This is the antithesis of the Communist system, where a central national or federal governing structure sets prices. Such is widely the practice in the EU today. A tome of legalities governs the bounds of prices. Committees of bureaucrats in Brussels spend months deciding the fair price of butter and almost every other commodity exchanged in the marketplace.

Such extreme state-level intervention has become the norm. There have historically been many words used to describe this sort of government control, each associated with varying degrees of the use of military force, fear, jingoism, corporate centralization, and other facets of national culture and society. Some that come to mind are fascism, socialism, statism and Nazism. They are all fruits of the same tree— the tree of government intervention in free markets.

Why is Capitalism always under attack? Simply because powerholders and politicians must feel they have a purpose. They think that they must do something to validate actually being in power. It is unfortunate that most humans, including politicians, display an utter lack of restraint and a remarkably absent ability to simply do nothing at all.

The problem, ultimately, is not Capitalism. It is politicians’ incessant belief that they should intervene in the market and their tendency to do so with no sense of morality, no exposure to working conditions, no communication with all market participants, and no understanding of economics. When politicians do intervene, they do so with extreme prejudice, haste, and incomplete information. They are like little children playing with sandcastles, except the sandcastles are the lives of real people in the economy.

There is a better way to manage free markets and steer Capitalism. Such enlightened capitalism would involve governments protecting people from corporate interests, putting human health and wellbeing first above corporate profits, allowing market actors to determine prices on their own without excessive controls or interventions, and, most critically, allowing market actors, especially corporations, to fail when they have lost money.

None of this has been put into practice in the US, EU, or China in the recent past. Instead, veritable idiots are permitted to champion government intervention under the jingoistic slogans of the anti-capitalists.

Imagine a frog in a pond decrying fresh water entering the pond from a small stream, the pond’s water source. The frog calls for all sorts of actions to stop the fresh water from entering the pond. The frog then wants to manage the water levels, the number of lily pads, the number of crocodiles, the number of snakes, how the water exits the pond, and the list goes on. Every day, the frog calls to manage a new facet of pond life.

Inevitably, the pond would rot or dry up. Without fresh water and natural biodiversity, it would no longer be a pond. And this is the norm today—such an excessive level of state intervention that markets do not function as markets.

Successful capitalism is light-touch with defined barriers. Keep out the snakes, or at least watch them carefully and intervene to stop them quickly and effectively. Uproot the rotten plants and throw them out. Keep the water fresh. And in the meantime, do nothing.

Ultimately, capitalism doesn’t fail on its own. What some people claim as failing is simply the efficient and natural distribution of capital away from their failed ideas. And this is why the communists and statists always think it is failing— because their ideas always become stale and fail. When nobody wants the communists after the revolution to overthrow the bourgeoisie, they are simply thrown out.

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Late last week, I was checking on X (still pronounced ‘Twitter’), and one of the Grok Account followers shared an update from someone who claimed that 87% of those polled thought New Hampshire should have a paid professional legislature. What would be the result if ‘Grok ran that poll?

Post this same poll on @GraniteGrok and see what the results are. I’m going to go out on a limb and say it would be totally the opposite of your results.

— NH Mom for Ordered Liberty (@NHDesignerMom) March 28, 2024

Very likely, so we ran our first Twitter Poll on X.

 

Should the NH House be a paid “professional” legislature? Yes or No?

— GraniteGrok (@GraniteGrok) March 29, 2024

 

Two hundred twenty-one votes on X is hardly conclusive, *but we did have a few non-Twitter users vote in comments or send them to me, so this needs an off-X adjustment. Don’t worry; it’s not election month 2020. 88.7% of all voters do not want a paid professional NH House, which is almost exactly the opposite of the alleged result that led to our poll (which was 87%). Kudos to NH Mom for Ordered Liberty—you nailed it!

But we didn’t get just votes (that would have been a very short post); we also received some interesting input that is worth sharing.

Can you name one state that has gotten a more responsive legislature than ours by virtue of paying them “a living wage”?

— The Fraser Faithful (@FraserFaithful) March 29, 2024

Grokster Kimberly Morin was emphatic!

You need a hell no option

— Kimberly Morin (@Conservativeind) March 29, 2024

Long-time Grok friend Kevin Bloom had an interesting idea.

Change the $100 to be paid in gold, as it was when the amount was decided on. That’s 5 ounces, and should cover the expenses Jordan mentions.

— Kevin Bloom (@MongoHampshire) March 30, 2024

In 1889 when they decided to pay legislators 100 dollars a year, that would equate to about $3,500 in today’s dollars which is less than 2 million including all taxes. This is a pebble in a 55 gallon tank compared to the entire budget.

— NH Rep. John Sellers (@NH_Rep_Sellers) March 30, 2024

I did reply to this. Something to the effect of, yeah, but those peebles tend to add up quickly.

Next!

We have probably the most successful and highest participation rate at the state legislature level out of all 50 states and the best ROI in our taxes… and a large reason is we’re not paying representatives to work for us. They have to make it work. pic.twitter.com/oqLAmHVIMX

— Jon Leslie (@JonLeslieNH) March 30, 2024

I go back and forth on this, so let me suggest something people might not think of.

Our modern, and tragic, circumstances are that of a substantially weakened Legislature, an Executive wielding the powers of three branches unto itself, and a Judiciary with claimed powers far in…

— Mike Belcher (@MikeBelcher14) March 31, 2024

Absolutely not. Our legislature is still what our founding fathers had intended. If more states followed our model, there would be less corruption and career politicians.

— Ginger Ann (@SaltyNHginger) March 30, 2024

More here if you are interested and thanks to everyone who voted and replied. We’ll try another poll soon (maybe next Friday, who knows).

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Manchester’s new Mayor released his proposed budgets (city and school) yesterday (March 28th). What matters most in the school budget is whether it completely defunds the anti-white racism euphemistically called DEI (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion).

Don’t miss out! The Mayor’s Budget Address will be held in the Aldermanic Chambers on the third floor of the City Hall Plaza tonight at 6 pm!

Can’t make it in person? No worries! Tune in from the comfort of your home by clicking here: https://t.co/NKL4qMn9OS (Channel 22)

— Jay Ruais (@MHT_Mayor) March 28, 2024

If it does NOT.

If it continues to fund the Communists’ indoctrination of schoolchildren, then it is an ABJECT FAILURE. It’s that simple.

I know. I know, bitter-clingers. Focus on the fiscal issue! Urban density! More workforce housing! Slava Ukraine! Slava Ukraine! New Hampshire Advantage!

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As a heads-up, we are going back to one newsletter per day instead of breaking it up into two installments. The Daily Grok will publish in the afternoon – through the evening like it used to do.

In other news, if you are on the right or pro-liberty we’d like to begin featuring your podcasts on GranieGrok. Rumble or YouTube are the easiest to share – we want to be able to embed them on our pages. This includes right-minded folks with cable-access programs, assuming we can share them here.

If you are interested, please email me at steve@granitegrok.com.

If you know of a suitable local podcast (NH, VT, ME, or MA), send me a link or contact info, and we’ll reach out.

Finally, my apologies for the delays in site updates. We are in a next-up-any-day holding pattern now—a bit like flying on standby. With any luck, it’ll just get done, and we’ll have our lighter, faster refresh online before too long.

Finally (finally), thanks to everyone for reading and commenting, and on the latter bit, I stopped running the comment of the week because no one was contacting me for their winning goodies. We love the comments, though, so please keep them coming, and when the new commenting system starts up with the new site build, we hope you’ll keep sharing and no more DISQUS acting like it has any right to moderate our community for us.

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Apparently, according to NHGOP “leaders” in the House, the most important issue facing New Hampshire is that there is just not enough urban density. There is a simple solution … Ross Berry, Joe Sweeney, and anyone else who wants to see (and I mean literally see) more apartment complexes can move to Massachusetts.

Then, maybe, what remains of GOP voters in New Hampshire can actually be represented by Republican State Reps who are not fixated on making New Hampshire look like Massachusetts:

It wasn’t too long ago that the NHGOP was telling us that the sacred principle of “local control” meant that “big government” in Concord could NOT prohibit school districts from imposing senseless, harmful mask mandates. Yet now they are talking out of the other side of their mouths … “local control” isn’t such a sacred principle when it prevents “multi-family” housing, i.e., apartment complexes.

Slava Ukraine! Workforce housing! Slava Ukraine! Slava Ukraine!

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Most Grok readers already know that In-Depth NH dot org is an enemy camp publication that routinely spews garbage op-eds, like this one, written by its “State House Bureau Chief,” Garry Rayno.

Normally, I don’t monitor its serial drivel, but his most recent article was brought to my attention because it is riddled with NTU-speak. Rayno cries “local control” as he whines about all kinds of school management-related bills and their House outcomes. To use Senator Giuda’s favorite word, “anathema,” Rayno finds individual rights anathema, and so do all of his ilk, except for one particular member of the enemy camp that he chooses to ignore.

It appears that threats of violence against freshman rep Jonah Wheeler after he took to the mic and voted correctly on HB 619 on January 4 weren’t punishment enough for practicing freedom of thought and good conscience.  Now, Rayno seemingly wants to cancel him for voting correctly on HB 1093 last Thursday!

HB 1093 is the ban on school mask policies bill that amazingly passed the House on a 187-184 roll call.  Without Jonah Wheeler’s correct vote, the victory would have been just a one-vote margin, thanks to 4(Rayno claims 3 in his article) Uniparty RINO saboteurs, Bordes, Boyd, Coker, and Wolf.  I don’t know which one Rayno is refusing to acknowledge or if he never got the news that Coker jumped ship, but they deserve to be shamed as much as Jonah Wheeler deserves to be praised.  In fact, I sent him a thank you email on Thursday and encourage all readers to do the same.

Rayno is pretending that Jonah Wheeler doesn’t exist. While I sadly doubt the opportunity would present itself, an interesting question to explore would be if Rayno would do the same to Lemonade Linda HG (also on House Criminal Justice) if she ever votes correctly on something important.  Look at her picture, and you tell me!

 

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Mr. President (it hurt to type that), we are getting a glimpse into the star-studded money grab you held on Thursday night at Radio City Music Hall, and I have a few questions for you.

I guess we have to congratulate you on the $25 million haul, but my first question is, what would the attraction and take have been if Barack Obama and Bill Clinton had not joined you? You must realize that Democrats will vote for the legacy of these two former Presidents and not for you, Joe Biden. Your horrendous approval rating is evidence of my claim.

The optics of this event were insulting to those of us trying to survive in the middle class. Your Bidenomics is destroying the dreams we had of a comfortable retirement after a lifetime of labor. The average income in America is $59,000, about half the $100,000 the elite paid for a picture with you, Barack, and Bill. By the way, how did you keep Hillary off the stage as she still believes she won the 2016 Election? That kind of thinking will get a Republican charged with insurrection but gets a Democrat book deals.

Stephen Colbert moderated the show and gave the first question to Joe. He asked for Biden to explain the significance of the upcoming election. Joe summed it up with the patented, though factually incorrect, line that it is all about saving our democracy. Our President should know we are not a democracy, but we digress. Biden went on to explain he did not want to run in 2020 because he had just lost his son, Beau. Beau had actually died in 2015, but Joe has to bring him up in every statement. He then told of his story about marchers in Virginia coming out of the woods, carrying torches and the Nazi or confederate flag-they were obviously White Supremacist or MAGA Republicans.

Biden should understand torch-carrying white supremacists, for he was best friends with and eulogized the late Senator Robert Byrd. Byrd was a long-time politician and held the position of majority leader during his tenure. Byrd never attended college, but was a grand wizard of the KKK before taking his policies to the Capitol. In typical Democrat hypocritical style, Biden condemns all Republicans as racist white supremacists, while his best friend in the Senate had worn the white hood of the KKK, one of the most hateful, racist, and violent gangs this country has ever known.

Over 5,000 people paid from $225 to $500,000 to see and hear the last three Democrat Presidents and the participating celebrities, including Queen Latifah, Ben Platt, Cynthia Erivo, and Lea Michele. This list of celebrities shows a poor effort to pander to minorities of color.There has been so much talk about money in this election you would think that is all the election is about. The person who raises the most money moves into the White House.

Joe, one last question. What do you say to middle America after hobnobbing with the rich and famous? How do you tell them they are wrong to think your poll numbers are accurate. They just have to vote for you and allow you to finish the job of destroying our Democracy-excuse me, Republic. Then they will know why your numbers are worse than Jimmy Carter.

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You don’t hear the words build back better much anymore unless it’s from someone closer to the small government end of the spectrum making fun of Democrats who live at the other end. We’ve built debt and gone backward, and only the size of government is bigger (which they think is better).

Ridin’ with Biden isn’t likely to appear from the campaign basement either. Joe has no coattails; if he did, he’s likely forgotten where he left them.

Bidenomics has likewise lost favor among the intelligentsia of the tyrant class. Democrats, Media, and sundry proglodyte influencers have stopped wielding the term as if it were a badge of honor. A decline driven by – and this will be shocking to many on the despotic left – reality. The only thing rising under Joe’s economic husbandry (that of his administration) is the number of people who say they are worse off (52%). It is more than double those who say they are better off, with 26% claiming their lives are about the same (they were not asked about spying, open borders, crime, or free speech).

I suspect the numbers are worse than the public polling suggests. Why else abandon the term?

Bidenomics is simple: it means you pay more for goods and services.

Americans are spending over $11,400 more annually to buy basic goods under his failed policies. https://t.co/OVXKUa6YMc

— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) March 28, 2024

The Biden plan for job creation and growth has been to print and spend money on the government. Recycle future taxdollars today through their friends and family network (cartels and friendly NGOs) back to Democrat politicians. Real growth has been absent for a while, exacerbating the inflation bubble created by printing and spending. When it breaks, the Dems will blame everyone but themselves and try to buy you off with more inflationary policy using an increasingly worthless dollar.

Congressional Dems have also stopped invoking Bidenomics. It doesn’t make their constituents smile, so we’ll hear it more than ever from their political opponents because Democrats don’t know any other way to run a nation, and this is what that looks like. The media lies, and jobs die. If not for grow-government spending, unemployment reporting would look worse, inflation reporting would be more realistic (higher), and we would see in print and online what we feel daily.

Regime failure.

Hiding it may have helped with the 26% who think life is about the same (they must not do their own grocery shopping), but more Americans are feeling the pain that comes from unshackled Democrat rule, but at least we know what to call it.

Bidenomics. It’s Obamanomics but worse.

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The ancient story of and lessons about the Trojan horse should not easily be forgotten.

The Trojan horse was supposedly a large hollow wooden horse constructed by the Greeks to attempt to gain entrance into Troy during the Trojan War. The Greeks, pretending to withdraw from the war, sailed away from the entrance to Troy, leaving behind the horse as a supposed offering to the goddess of war that would make Troy impregnable. Despite various warnings by respected elders, the horse was taken inside the city gates. Later that night, Greek warriors who had been hidden inside the horse emerged and opened the gates to let in the returned Greek army, with the unfortunate outcome predictable for the Trojans.

The ancient story is told at length in the Aeneid and is mentioned in the Odyssey.

The term “Trojan horse” has come to refer to subversion introduced from the outside.

Fast forward to the present time.

We have, in the past year, seen the spectacle of a longtime left-wing Democrat from Meredith (nominally a Republican-leaning district), who ran for and was elected as a state representative as a proclaimed Democrat, change his party registration to Republican more than a year after his election, thereupon becoming loudly welcomed into the state’s Republican party by its chair and into the Republican caucus (the otherwise confidential meetings of the Republican representatives in which positions and strategies are discussed) by the House “majority leader,” notwithstanding the longtime prior history of the “New Republican” supporting and advocating for leftwing and non-Republican causes. Talk about inviting an enemy into your house.

How did this guy ever get elected as a Dem from Meredith, which usually leans Republican? Although he was opposed by an excellent Republican in the general election, he probably prevailed because of a lack of turnout by actual Republican voters. Elections do have consequences.

At least one commentator from the district in question opined that Matt Coker’s change of political party was probably done principally to try to enhance his chances of re-election since the district from which he comes usually votes Republican. There is likely to be a much larger Republican turnout in the general election this year, in which the presidential contest brings out voters who might otherwise stay home in droves.

In reality, merely having an “R” by one’s name on a ballot has become essentially meaningless- intelligent voters as well as the so-called “leadership” of the House and of the NHGOP must look behind the labels to see the true nature of an individual.

In these days, with the numbers of Dems and Republicans in the NH House nearly evenly divided, there seems to be much too much focus on the pure numbers of persons claiming to be Republicans versus individuals with true convictions. It may seem to be great when “leadership” is able to proclaim that it “has the numbers” on any House session day before votes are to be taken, but when some of those “numbers” are actually RINOs who do not vote as real Republicans, “having the numbers” becomes worse than meaningless.

So, how has our “New Republican” done in the General Court so far?

Check his voting record. On many recent critical bills in which Republican principles and platform issues were enunciated and involved, such as prohibiting compulsory masking in schools, he voted with the Democrats and other RINOs. He has frequently allied himself with Belknap’s RINO-in-chief, Rep Mike Bordes. So, Coker’s self-described label of being a Republican is, in reality, meaningless.

Will we ever learn?

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