This week, my committee met twice on Senate bills. Tuesday we voted on six of them. SB 439, prohibiting boycotts of Israel in state procurement, was the most divisive. I moved to kill the bill, since the committee has long opposed using the state procurement system to make political statements.

After some discussion, the vote was 14-6, with the six not wanting to seem unsupportive of Israel or anti-Semitic. All our other votes were unanimous.

SB 480, on regulation of real estate practice, was amended, as planned, to delete unnecessary sections and passed. SB 437, on local authority to amend the building code, passed without amendment. SB 372, on plumbing apprentices, had the House clarifying amendment to go to two apprentices per master plumber. SB 369, on public notice for professional board meetings, had a committee amendment to only extend the notice period for written comment, then passed. SB 306, on manufactured housing rulemaking authority, was amended to insert the necessary definition of dispute resolution.

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We also discussed SB 485, which would require digital licenses, and realized that it was more complicated than we’d thought. Also, the testimony in favor was from a company that sells such a system, and it wasn’t clear that the interface with other states protected privacy well enough. So we recessed the executive session to prepare an amendment to cut out the digital licenses and just leave the boards’ responsibility to consider and evaluate military training and experience.

Wednesday, we started with SB 481, establishing Juneteenth as an official holiday, not just a proclaimed day. This was a concern to many members, as June 19 is pretty late for many schools, and we were not supportive of interrupting exams. Having an official holiday raised questions of time off (at taxpayer expense) for municipal workers, and how having government workers off when many private sector workers wouldn’t get a holiday was also questionable. We voted unanimously to not pass the bill.

SB 373, on the state building code, had been amended by the Senate to simply require the building code specify that leakage not exceed five air changes per hour. This number has changed several times recently, from seven to three in the 2018 energy code. The 2021 energy code (which we did not recommend) goes back to five; experience with buildings made to three air changes has shown that they build up moisture, favoring mold; chemicals from building materials and cleaning products; and tend to keep pollutants and allergens inside. From testimony, it seems the building code review board didn’t fully evaluate this specification by itself, but only as an element of the energy code; the home builders, who were pushing for the change, had also done a very poor job of presenting it as a stand-alone amendment.  We ran out of time to vote on it, but I’m leaning in favor of the change.

Then we spent 3.5 hours hearing SB 440, on the board of optometry. Nationwide, optometrists are working to regularize the profession and increase their scope of practice; the opposition, here as well as elsewhere, comes from the ophthalmologists (eye surgeons.) We had testimony on the training and skills of optometrists, as well as their greater numbers and easier access – New Hampshire has 333  optometrists versus 77 ophthalmologists.

Some of the more important issues I heard were that only some of the optometrists are trained in the procedures they wish to add to their scope of practice – it’s a fairly recent addition, and only 2 of 24 optometry schools in the country are in states that allow optometrists to perform them (and so, get enough practice to actually qualify as trained.) The ophthalmologists report that approximately 13% of these procedures develop complications, and optometrists are not trained in treating these complications (per the ophthalmologists.) The bill is also rather badly written, with a long list of procedures they won’t do and no definition of the ones they want to add to their repertoire. So, off to subcommittee it went!

 

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Maine just became the 17th state in the nation to sign onto an electoral compact to reward the national popular vote leader, leaving Maine, New Hampshire and many other smaller states at the mercy (or lack thereof) of big blue states like California and New York.

National progressive activists and lobbyist firms hate the Electoral College, and they make absolutely no attempt to hide their disdain for the only institution standing between free and fair elections and national elections decided solely by New York City and Los Angeles County.

As a lifelong voter in a state of 1.4 million people, it scares me to death to think that ultra-progressives could void our votes in ONE county in ONE state.
Imagine it, folks! EV mandates from Gov. Newsome, lawless city streets like we see in Chicago, and mandatory jail time for misgendering an LGBTQIA+ person.

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That is what we have to look forward to after we lose our rights to an opinion, a voice, and a vote.

As a New Hampshire State House Candidate in 2024, I want to personally promise Grok readers in the Laconia area, as well as the entire state, that I will NEVER vote for the Live Free or Die state to join this horrific ultra-progressive power grab.

I would hope that every single republican candidate for office in the upcoming election would stand tall and come out against this publicly and proudly.

If you have any questions or would like to share your concerns, please feel free to email me at Littlefield.vivek2024@gmail.com, and I will respond promptly.

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This is an attempt to “break out” memes, links, and my commentary about the situation in Israel / the Middle East so as to not overload the standard meme posts that I do.  My last “normal” meme post.  In these Israel-related posts I don’t just have memes such, but lots of informative links as well as hopefully-insightful commentary.

Note that this is not meant to be a day-by-day update about what’s going on.  Rather, to highlight uncomfortable truths about the actual nature of the conflict, deep-history background, and so on, as well as to show the at-present immutable nature of Islamic hatred of Jews and why that matters to today’s events.

Also note that these posts generally do not repeat information (e.g., specific links or memes) – so there is a lot of stuff in prior posts.  Please do check them out too if this is a topic of interest to you.  In reverse chronological order:

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

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Israel: Still More Links, Memes, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Ongoing Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Even More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: More Memes, Links, and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Memes and Commentary – Granite Grok

Israel: Memes and Commentary – Granite Grok

With some Israel-related materials here:

Meme Overflow – Granite Grok

Don’t forget my special report on the *cough cough* hardships of pre-Oct 7 “Concentration Camp Gaza”:

Pre-War “Concentration Camp” Gaza – Granite Grok

 

 

 

TOP OF THE FOLD

Iran’s Oil Exports Climb to the Highest Level in 6 Years | OilPrice.com

Not good.  Iran is awash in cash these days.  Cash to fund this:

Iran Mullahs Speeding Up Nuclear Weapons Program: Anyone Interested? :: Gatestone Institute

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Watch this video and tell me you’d want to give these blood thirsty individuals a state next door.

A question I keep asking.

 

 

WAR & WHEN WILL IT END?

From here:

BREAKING: Police investigator reveals 99% of captured Hamas terrorists show no remorse for their heinous acts on October 7th—murder, rape, and kidnapping of Israelis.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/He_interrogates_Palestinian_terrorists.mp4

 

Understand, they’re PROUD and HAPPY with their deeds.

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From here – how clerics in Iran are being abused:

This is what Iranians think of the Islamic regime.

Obviously not ALL Iranians, but this is encouraging.

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Battles in the information war – Oct. 7 video shown

Good.  Get this idea out there.  Israel needs to release that full video.

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“Peace Mediator” Qatar: “October 7th is only the beginning. We will eliminate all the Jews” – Geller Report

They openly say they want Jews dead.  Have the moral courage to take them at their word.

 

 

ISLAM: PRACTICES, HISTORY, AND MENTALITY

From here:

Oh yes prior to the founding of Israel Jews lived in Nirvana in Arab countries ! Well until pogroms just happened.. LGDN
//:::::::

Compare the massacres of Jews on October 7 in Israel with August 7 in Algeria.

In 1934, Arabs slaughtered hundreds of Algerian Jews. Look at how they killed them.

“A scene of utter desolation and horror, of Jewish girls with their breasts cut off, of little children with numerous knife wounds and of whole families locked in their homes and burned to death, was described by a Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent, who succeeded in reaching this city today.

“It will take days before the world will obtain a true picture of all the atrocities committed by the Arabs during the pogrom on the Jewish quarter,” the correspondent wired.

“The only comparison I can think of is the Palestine riots of 1929. I found Jewish girls with their breasts cut off, greybearded Jews stabbed to death, little Jewish children dead of
numerous knife wounds and whole famities locked in their homes and burned to death by the rioters.

“Just as in Palestine in 1929, the lists of the dead and injured run into the hundreds with no official estimates available. The hospitals are Alled with Jewish victims and the doors of the hospitals are besieged with half-crazed wives and mothers seeking to ascertain whether their loved ones are among the dead or injured, or whether they succeeded in escaping the pogrom bands.

“The Jewish ghetto is heavily guarded by troops, but the ruins are still fresh.and smoking. Many of the houses are completely de-serted. The famous Algerian Jewish families Halini and Dadoun were completely exterminated by the Arab rioters.

“The Jewish printer Attali, whose children were all murdered by Arabs and who was severely injured, as was his wife, told me of the bestialities practiced by the Arabs during the pogrom, which he characterized as worse than the Inquisition in Spain.

“I myself saw two Jewish girls on the verge of death owing to the fact that pogromists cut off their breasts.
“The city is calm now, but the authorities are prepared for renewal of rioting.”

LONDON, Aug. 7. – London newspapers reporting the violent massacres which took place in Constantine, Algeria, emphasize that the worst features of the riots were the atrocities committed by the Arabs on the Jewish women and children. Estimates of the dead run to over 100, most of them killed in a brutal fashion.

The newspapers also revealed that most of the Jewish victims were killed by Arab debtors, whe seized upon the riots as a means of ridding themselves of debts owed the Jews.
Marina Medvin
@MarinaMedvin

 

 

I knew about Hebron and the Nebi Musa riots; this one’s new to me.

 

 

ATROCITIES

From here:

GRAPHIC CONTENT
No Masks!
No Keffiyah scarf!
No military uniform!
These are CIVILIANS who made a choice to kidnap,rape,burn and murder Civilians of ISRAEL.

Note, graphic – link only.

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They murdered the children’s mother in front of their eyes, grabbed her corpse, hit it under the bed and planted explosives around it.

Picture and text there too.

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From here:

DAILY REMINDER
Warning Graphic

Yes, this is what Hamas did on October 7th.

We will not forget the barbaric evilness of Hamas and the other extremists in Gaza. The evilness must be destroyed otherwise it continues and will come back more evil.

This was the reason the IDF went into Gaza. To destroy Hamas in order to prevent more terror from them. Lets not forget. When Hamas is not finished, the terror, as they say themselves, will continue. All the terrorists must be brought to justice

Also Rafah must fall

Desert Intelligence Unit
@DesertUnit0777

Graphic pics.  Be warned.

Atrocity reminder 1

Atrocity reminder 2

Atrocity reminder 3

Atrocity reminder 4

 

 

ON INTERSECTIONALITY / LEFTIST SUPPORT

From here:

Rep. Ilhan Omar is seen shaking hands with Khymani James, who openly said that “Zionists don’t deserve to live.”

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/omar-shakes-hands.mp4

 

See related links in the TERROR COMING HERE section.

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From here:

Now they merge transexualism with terrorism.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/trannies-for-palestine.mp4

 

 

 

PALLYWOOD & MEDIA DISTORTIONS/LIES IN GENERAL

Palestinian Ruling Party Admits: Hamas Steals Aid, Kills Aid Workers in Gaza (breitbart.com)

Who could possibly have thought this could happen?

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DEBUNKED! Palestinians Caught Red-Handed Blaming Their Own Mass Grave on Israel (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Guest Contributor

It’s not just that they lie.  It’s that – according to the article – the information was out there and readily available to check.  That the enemedia did not do so is very revealing.  Remember, about lying in jihad:

Taqiyya: Deception and Lying in Islam (thereligionofpeace.com)

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From here:

The coordinator of government operations in the territories provides data on bakeries in Gaza that have returned to activity.

26 bakeries that produce close to 5 million pita breads a day.

North Gaza: bakeries that produce 2.2 million pita breads a day.

Central Gaza: bakeries that produce 2 million pitas per day.

Southern Gaza: bakeries that produce 715,000 pitas per day.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/gaza-bakeries-operating.mp4

 

That’s a lot of pita.  Starvation?  I don’t think so.

 

 

TERROR COMING HERE?  TO THE WEST?

 

 

And today, visibly Jewish students and persons are being harassed and blocked.  And while I take NO JOY in this prediction, I make it nonetheless: this will not be stopped with education, or gentle voices of fact and reason, or counter-protests.  The Nazis were stopped by force.

They’re ginning themselves up, with their Antifa allies and fellows, for actual violence.  When that inevitably happens, the cost must be high to them.  Nothing quite daunts people when they see bullets incoming, and hitting them and people around them.

Again, I do not advocate violence, but – citing the second Lord of the Rings movie, open war is upon us whether we risk it or not.

Get strapped.  Get trained.  Get informed about the local laws of your state.  And I strongly urge getting USCCA coverage in case you do have to shoot to defend yourself.

Also, look up:

Jews For The Preservation of Firearms Ownership (jpfo.org)

Homepage | Jews Can Shoot

I also highly recommend the book by Massad Ayoob:

Deadly Force: Understanding Your Right to Self-Defense, 2nd edition

 

 

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Black, non-binary Columbia student leading Gaza Camp protest says ‘Zionists don’t deserve to live’ | The Post Millennial | thepostmillennial.com

He seems nice and open-minded.  As do these:

‘JEWS SHOULD DIE’: Here Are Extremist Nazi Student Leaders of the Anti-Jewish ‘Protest’ Camp Bringing Columbia To Its Knees – Geller Report

Related:

What I Saw at Pro-Palestine Ivy League Encampment (dailysignal.com)

Note the last quotation at the bottom.  It’s an open alliance – the Green-Red alliance:

Unholy Alliance: Radical Islam And the American Left (2006-02-17) [Paperback]

United in Hate: The Left’s Romance with Tyranny and Terror

 

 

TREADING ON THE POLITICAL

US State Department Stabs Israel in the Back, Twists the Knife | World Israel News

Whose side are they on?  (Wait, we know.)

Report: Biden Regime Behind Imminent Arrest Warrants for Senior Israel Officials – Geller Report

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White House: There Are ‘Too Many Civilian Casualties’ in Israel’s War, ‘The Number Needs to Be Zero’ (breitbart.com)

Setting a standard no nation can achieve.

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Reports: Steven Spielberg ‘Involved Strategically’ in Biden Campaign (breitbart.com)

Rising to the very definition of “Court Jew”.

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From here:

Liberal Jewish billionaire investor is indicating the direction many American Jews are willing to go in the coming election.

 

 

Liberal Jews starting to wake up to their binary choice:

 

 

 

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Donations to major pro-Palestinian groups go through this Jewish-chaired NY nonprofit | The Times of Israel

This man will be held down and slaughtered when his time comes.  He’s a Jew.  That’s all that will matter.

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Israel — An Unlikely Pariah in a Dangerous World – American Thinker

Israel is on the frontlines of the fight for Western civilization.

And this is a point I’ve tried to make repeatedly: If the West feeds Israel to Islam, Islam will not be sated but will, instead, have its appetite whetted and increased.

 

https://granitegrok.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/key-to-peace-in-the-middle-east.mp4

 

 

GIVING SUPPORT TO ISRAEL

You can’t go wrong with a donation here:

Connections Israel

And please share this post far and wide.  There’s a lot of info here that many people don’t know.  Post it, email it, share widely.

Also, if you’re willing:

Buy Me a Coffee

 

A CONCLUDING THOUGHT FOR THIS POST

The news is full of the protests at universities.  And they’re getting violent:

WATCH: Activists Assault Breitbart News Journalist at UCLA ‘Palestine Solidarity Encampment’

They will escalate, and escalate, and it will be the “Summer of Love” with “mostly peaceful” arsons and beatings and murders.

 

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By tabling HB 1156, the New Hampshire state legislature has been derelict in its constitutional duty to nullify the globalist control of the WHO/CDC from controlling our healthcare decisions. Congressman Andy Biggs (R – AZ) bill H.R. 79, the WHO Withdrawal ACT is now the only opposition to the clear and present danger of the global pandemic treaty.

The Biden Administration International Health Regulations (IHR) Amendments to the global pandemic treaty are due to be signed in late May. Essentially, IHR will legalize the Executive Order fiat that violated our God-given inherent right to personal healthcare during COVID with the teeth of IHR law. Do you trust American leaders who ignore Ben Franklin’s warning: “that giving up essential liberty to secure temporary safety, we will deserve neither?” I don’t!

This WHO power grab will make personal healthcare obsolete. For safety to protect your health, the WHO plans to strengthen prevention, preparedness, and response. Do you want global unelected bureaucrats to make decisions, like having the power to initiate world travel health passes that will discriminate against the unvaccinated, the power to declare pandemics to implement controls, or the power to be your doctor to make decisions you’ll have no power to refuse? You’ll find further violations of individuals’ health privacy at global coordinated actions.

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If you cherish liberty, Americans must think critically about the Biden Administration’s Amendments giving the WHO power over American healthcare. We must ask our Representatives and Senators why they trust the leader of the WHO. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has been presented as a civiv-minded Ethiopian public health official. Do our elected officials know he is a former communist revolutionary?

Before it’s too late, the American people must recognize that both state and federal government servants who choose globalist goals for the sake of party loyalty are actually choosing to side with the enemies of American liberty. Vladimir Lenin revealed the scheme that is now taking place, early in the 20th century: “Socialized medicine is the keystone to the arch of a socialist state.” Patriots simply point to their oath of office. Where in their oath do they find authorization to promote Lenin’s master scheme to control people now coming to fruition through healthcare controls of the WHO? The keystone of communism fails without the control of healthcare.

My late friend and Chapter Leader of The John Birch Society from Laconia, Colonel Bob Kingsbury, was General Patton’s First Scout and a survivor of the Battle of the Bulge. The last time I saw him, he said: “ We would have stormed the gates of hell for General Patton.” Today, in order to protect the liberties these men preserved for us, we must follow their example. They did not exchange safety for slavery. Aim the thrust of our grievances at the hell that our government has been creating for decades and continues to perpetuate to destroy American Independence and, thereby, our liberty. Senator Shaheen, Senator Hassan, and Representatives Pappas and Kuster must be swarmed with emails, snail mails, and telephone calls to vote for H.R. 79, The WHO Withdrawal Act. Join tens of thousands who promote liberty by educating yourself for battle at

https://jbs.org/alert/get-us-out-of-the-who-support-h-r-79/

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Joe Biden uses his mouthpiece, Karine Jean Pierre, to detail his stance on every American deserving their Constitutional right to Free Speech. KJP will refer to all of her coined responses in her massive notebook. They are lines that could be written by a 5th-grade class given the assignment to define Free Speech.

She repeats the lines, ” The President has been clear,” ” The President has been forceful,” ” MAGA Republicans are the biggest obstacle to Free Speech,” “Donald Trump hates America.” Actually, if you go to any page of her book, you will find these same mindless lines. Her book could be condensed to a single page. Leaders are more than catchphrases. They are about action. Let’s analyze some of the President’s actions that show little belief in Freedom of Speech.

Student Protests on Campuses Across America: We should not have to translate our President’s comments when our colleges and universities turned into encampments of hate. On Day 1, when it was obvious that these were not organic demonstrations by students, the President should have addressed the country and assured Jewish faculty and students that if these private institutions could not protect their safety, the Federal Government would step in, treat these left-wing funded demonstrations as hate crimes and shut them down. These are not peaceful protests about Palestinian and Gaza’s rights when their primary focus is anti-Israel and anti-Jew. When students and faculty were threatened strictly because of their religion or homeland, a leader would have stepped in, removed the tent cities, arrested the instigators who funded the demonstrations and restored safety and dignity to these elite institutions. He would have returned the students to their classrooms.

Is Free Speech Putting A Gag Order And Confining Your Opponent To A Courtroom? Joe Biden has weaponized his Justice Department against Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr, and do not let him absolve himself of this heinous act. At a time when our AG and DOJ should be working overtime to seal the border, identify hostile people allowed to enter our country, and shut down the Chinese assault in every corner of America, they are creating new bogus charges against Trump and denying security for Kennedy along with access to ballots. Are these the actions of a man with a grasp of First Amendment rights? I think not.

Joe Biden Is Politically Conflicted Preventing Needed Leadership: A clear example of this dilemma is his failure to recognize and condemn students praising and pledging allegiance to Hamas, a definite terrorist organization funded by Iran. He will not speak out and acknowledge these students are wrong and possibly committing a crime by claiming to be Hamas because he will not offend the Squad and perhaps put Michigan in play for Trump. This is not leadership by Biden but a politician riding the polls. A true leader would make the right decision for the country and not hide behind the polls and his feckless Press Secretary, KJP. Good luck finding Biden amongst the weeds he has set up to hide the shortcomings of this man and his Presidency.

 

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I gave testimony this week in support of New Hampshire bill HB619 to protect kids from genital gender reassignment surgery. This is my testimony.

Related: Don’t Force Taxpayers to Fund Irreversible Surgeries for Gender-Confused Kids

I have met and heard the stories from many detransitioners who have deep regret for the irreversible damage to their bodies. Kids and teens who are confused about their gender and many who also have comorbid serious mental health problems such as autism, ADHD, and PTSD are being led down the path of medical transition starting with puberty blockers followed by cross-sex hormones and finally having their healthy body parts removed. 

I’ll read from the tragic story of Sam, a detransitioner in Massachusetts who can be followed at twitter.com/sam_the_m.

I started identifying as transgender as a teenager, which would eventually lead me down the path of cross-sex hormones and irreversible surgeries. By the time I was 21 years old, I had completed my medical transition which included having my penis and testicles amputated, a decision that I now deeply regret.

Getting a neovagina removed is proving to be a difficult task. Most surgeons do not want to do it and it’s unclear if it would even be covered by insurance. Doing it out of pocket is an incredibly expensive endeavor ranging from $50,000 to $100,000.

It has been almost half a decade since my surgery, and I have still not recovered. The toll that the surgery took on my health was immense despite only being 21 years old at the time. Complications, maintenance, and risk of sepsis make removal necessary. How is this healthcare?

This is coming from someone with minimal complications during and following surgery. Imagine the people that had big complications. No wonder why the suicide rate among post-operative trans-identified males is higher than before surgery.

Rep. Gerri Cannon is quoted in regards to this bill, “It’s about why we are considering putting medical procedures into New Hampshire law. Medical science is constantly changing. We should be asking ourselves, ‘Will this legislation stand the test of time?’” 

My response to Rep. Cannon is “Will this barbaric surgery on children’s genitals stand the test of time?” 

Contact the Senate Judiciary Committee and ask them to vote OTP on HB619, “to require a person to attain the age of majority for genital gender reassignment surgery.” at sharon.carson@leg.state.nh.us; William.Gannon@leg.state.nh.us; shannon.chandley@leg.state.nh.us; Becky.Whitley@leg.state.nh.us; Daryl.Abbas@leg.state.nh.us; matthew.schelzi@leg.state.nh.us

“Will this barbaric surgery on children’s genitals stand the test of time?” @BethRS62 testifies for NH HB619. She quotes @Sam_the_m #NHPolitics pic.twitter.com/uoliIaCQTb

— Sidewalk Steve (@Sidewalk_Steve) April 25, 2024

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Watching and reading about the outrageous and terrorizing anti-Israel violence occurring on Ivy League campuses across our nation, it is appalling how the current Administration and left-leaning press report and view this despicable violence.

Remember 2020, the so-called “Summer of Love!” BLM and Antifa invaded some of our major cities, including our Nation’s Capital, causing multi-millions of dollars in property damage and bodily injury. They justified their destructive behavior as a response to the death of convicted felon George Floyd. Did the left-wing media ever honestly report the chaos and damage they caused, condemn their actions, or label them as hate groups?

None of the rioters were arrested. Now, young indoctrinated radical students at our so-called “elite” universities believe they are free to take over their campus, block streets, roadways, and bridges, and cause chaos because they hate Israel and support the terrorist group Hamas. These student terrorists freely harass Jewish students and professors.

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They express their hate for our country with chants of “death to America” and call our police “pigs” to their face. They cover their heads and face with the Palestinian Keffiyeh (scarf) to protect their anonymity and smear their hands with red paint, which symbolizes the celebration of the brutal murders of two Israeli soldiers by Hamas terrorists in front of a cheering, bloodthirsty Palestinian crowd. These student terrorists celebrate Hamas’ cowardly slaughter of innocent men, women, and babies on October 7, 2023!

These student terrorists, BLM and Antifa, are hate groups and are extreme threats to the future of our democracy. Biden, the Democrats, and the left-leaning press protect them. However, if you believe in “God, Family and Country,” which has been the motto of the USA for over 200 years, you are labeled a right-wing extremist. All I can say is, “God Help Us!”

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A proposed EPA rule mandating more stringent effluent limitations for nitrogen, and adding phosphorus for the first time, would impose high costs on approximately 850 of the nation’s meat and poultry processing (MPP) facilities.  Some processors will be compelled to close due to prohibitive costs.  Meanwhile, the Biden administration’s vaunted PFAS reporting rules merely monitor ongoing water and product pollution by more deadly PFAS (forever chemicals) and other toxins generated in the renewables manufacturing facilities being funded with billions of taxpayer dollars.  Reducing food supplies while spewing toxic chemicals onto children is the legacy of this presidency.

The new EPA rules are presented as an innocuous effort to reduce nitrogen and phosphorus discharges in waterways, but upon inspection, they are sweeping in their aggressive impact.  Extending EPA jurisdiction to all things climate is the new Biden norm, and these rules similarly saddle private industry with daunting costs to retrofit facilities.  The EPA is once again exceeding its congressionally authorized mission (shifting from ecological protection to global warming cultism) and also its jurisdiction — these rules extend to an estimated 3,879 MPP facilities not previously regulated and encroach on states’ rights by governing non-navigable waterways historically left to local oversight.

The EPA’s own proposals acknowledge that compliance costs will be high, estimating that facility upgrades will cost $300,000–$400,000 initially, with annual maintenance costs of $100,000.  This will surely cause many food processing facilities to close or raise processing fees, which will impact local farmers and drain consumers’ wallets.  The EPA estimates that “the proposed rule would reduce pollutants discharged through wastewater from MPP facilities by approximately 100 million pounds per year,” and that approximately 850 facilities will initially be impacted.  That is an annual cost of about 85 cents per pound of pollutants at $100,000 — in addition to the initial capital investments to retrofit of $2.55–3.20 per pound.

The Biden administration has unleashed an attack on American farms that mimics the E.U.’s assault to dissipate nitrogen in the name of saving the world.  This will starve the world to save it: whether by design or incompetence, the Biden administration is tightening a regulatory noose on local farm production while funneling astronomical borrowed subsidies and regulatory favoritism to so-called “renewable” energy manufacturing facilities.

Foreign meat and poultry producers will not incur the EPA burdens, which will fall exclusively on U.S. domestic farmers and consumers.  The EPA’s new rules will extend to indirect instead of direct effluent discharges, indirectly aggravating existing food price inflation that POTUS Biden denies exists.  Local food is healthier, is produced at scale, is transported shorter distances, nurtures rural economies and culture, and ensures future food security.  Escalating tensions in the Middle East threaten a modern-day OPEC if the Strait of Hormuz (which supports 25% of global oil supplies) or other oil transport chokepoints are compromised, in addition to inflationary impacts on the growing amount of U.S. food shipped (using fossil fuels) from abroad.

Biden’s “team” has similarly imposed hazy new endangered species regulations on American farms, unconstitutionally dispensed disaster relief funds to farmers based on skin color and sex, proposed SEC rules that would threaten mid-sized family farmers, and fueled food inflation with reckless spending on pet ideological projects.  That latter disgrace — huge subsidies of supposedly “renewable” product manufacturing despite the toxic pollution generated thereby — is what contrasts so dramatically with EPA’s sudden interest in relatively innocuous nitrogen and phosphorus.

This is not to say that these elements (without which life cannot exist) are not a potential environmental pollutant.  Yet they do not cause the host of human illnesses presented by forever chemicals (PFAS), atrazine, glyphosate, and a seemingly endless list of toxins for which Biden & co. have done less than nothing to restrict.  The hyper-manufacturing of solar panels, E.V.s, and heat pumps all generate PFAS and other toxic chemicals, which are spewing into Americans’ water, soils, and household products while the administration targets…MPP plants.

The EPA boasts that its Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund is

a $27 billion investment to mobilize financing and private capital to address the climate crisis, ensure our country’s economic competitiveness, and promote energy independence while delivering lower energy costs and economic revitalization to communities that have historically been left behind.

Marginalized farming communities and their local farms are being more than left behind — they are being sabotaged.  E.V.s are regressive.  Electric rates and food prices are skyrocketing.  American agriculture is made less competitive with every new Bidenomics shenaniganza that increases U.S. costs without burdening foreign competitors one whit.  Everything about this administration is a socialist injustice scam.

This is clearest in the “climate initiatives” themselves.  New EPA regulations of PFAS in drinking water will (as with the meat processing facilities) regressively pass the costs of filtering water on to ratepayers, keeping its own mega-fund for its bureaucratic rainy day.  Meanwhile, its PFAS regulations for corporate reporting of 12,035 PFAS will take years to simply collect data while the vast amount of PFAS generation will continue unabated.  This toxic generation is amplified by billions of dollars frittered away on counterproductive “renewables manufacturing” that generates PFAS and many other chemicals that are toxic to children and wildlife.  Presumably, America’s poorest and most marginalized communities will pay for that clean-up later via yet higher water rates (and health care costs) — but not out of the EPA’s slush fund.

The EPA’s new MPP effluent diktats are justified under the pretention of helping everyone with food-targeting nitrogen clean-up:

These technology-based regulations are intended to represent the greatest pollutant reductions that are economically achievable for an entire industry. The Clean Water Act requires EPA to periodically review and, when warranted, revise the technology-based limits for industries to keep pace with innovations in treatment technology. As treatment technologies advance, revising the limits on which they’re based locks in the advancements, leveling the playing field for the whole industry.

Kamala Harris could not better concoct this word salad.  Translation: The EPA is leveling the whole industry by ensuring that MPP facilities can’t keep pace with the competition, starting with the big guys before tightening the noose.

Meat is out; processed “alternatives” are in store for the proles.  New WIC rules for low-income recipients discourage dairy products in favor of plant-based diets, rationalized by the USDA as “changes [which] align the food packages with the latest nutrition science and better support equitable access to nutritious foods during critical life stages[.].”  Women and children need more dairy, not more soy burgers.  Whom is the federal government really serving, aside from globalists and Bill Gates’s synthetic meat boondoggle?

The EPA will thus clean up non-deadly carbon dioxide in lieu of human-toxic PFAS, starting with meat and chicken processors, while E.V.s and solar panels are churned out like a self-replicating virus.  Americans are slowly waking up to the death spiral of wokeness.  Let us pray they wake up before it’s too late and they are sterilized by toxic chemicals or starve to death like post-modern Maoists and Stalinists.

 

John Klar is an Attorney, farmer, and author. Mostly farmer… And Regular Contributor to GraniteGrok and VermontGrok.

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On Monday, April 22, 2024, I attended a status conference at the Nashua Superior Court for citizens petitioning the Court to review the City’s redactions on emails associated with the construction of the Art Center.

These emails, crucial to understanding the transaction to use federal money for the project, were heavily redacted and shrouded in secrecy. The City’s actions have effectively transformed our public project into a private one, with over $34M of public spending going to a private corporation, all with no accountability to taxpayers.

The status conference was brief, about 20 minutes, and the citizen representing two plaintiffs, one of whom was away on travel, read from a scripted write-up. Public speaking is difficult for this citizen, and she was uncomfortable before the court, but she’s a great behind-the-scenes researcher and data digger in city finances.

The City has pitted a team of four attorneys against these two self-represented litigants, a David and Goliath scenario that underscores the uphill battle these individuals face. It is disheartening to witness how cases involving public records in Nashua, which should be straightforward, become entangled in complexity. The Court’s convoluted and cumbersome process seems to perpetuate a lack of equity and impartiality and a denial of our constitutional rights to an open, accessible, accountable, and responsive government.

The story behind these redacted emails requires another article to explain the intensity with which the City has worked to keep these records from a judicial review.

A challenge for self-represented parties going to court with the City is that these people often need money and time to challenge the system. This is the case with these ladies. The citizen’s presentation to the Court was funny. When the judge asked her if she wanted discovery (this is permitted in some cases where a person sends formal written questions or conducts transcribed interviews of witnesses), she responded she would like to pose questions to the City but that she could not afford the cost of depositions. She then advanced her remarks by stating that she had attended Ortolano’s hearing for six days regarding Right to Know challenges on the downtown barriers, the Tax Incremental Finance Advisory Board, and the Art Center and that when Ortolano put the city expert employees on the stand most of them responded with I can’t remember, could you repeat the question, and I don’t know? The citizen explained to the judge it didn’t appear that it would be productive to pay the cost of depositions to hear those types of answers all over again. Smart.

When the Court asked Attorney Bolton how much time he would need for the case and how he would handle discovery, his response was equally humorous. He told the Court he couldn’t determine how much time it would take to discuss these redacted emails and the crime-fraud exception being employed by the citizens. He stated, in a very shocked and bewildered look, that he could hardly believe that we had just completed a Right-to-Know trial with a citizen that took six days of testimony to complete!

It should have been easily understandable, as Attorney Bolton and Mr. Hilliard had clearly counseled the City employees to be evasive and unresponsive. Testimony riddled with: “I don’t know.” “ Can you repeat the question?”  “What are you referring to?”,  etc. The City witnesses were hostile. This made the Trial more difficult and time-consuming, especially for a non-lawyer. I could never get to the truth in court when the City is the Defendant.

Attorneys need to have good memories and recall to advance their lawsuit interests. Attorney Bolton appeared to have a memory lapse, forgetting that the City’s case structuring order submitted to the Court for this Right to Know Petition requested a 3-day trial to be held in February of 2024. The City’s initial verbal request was for a six-day trial. The trial took six days and ended on April 12, 2024. The City got precisely what they asked for. My initial case structuring request was for a 2-day trial in May 2023.

The inefficiencies in the Judicial/legal system are staggering. It seems to favor those with taxpayers’ resources and legal expertise, leaving self-represented litigants like these ladies at a significant disadvantage. Attorney Bolton, who had the upper hand throughout the process, is expressing discontent. But in reality, he got exactly what he wanted. We now await the outcome of a Court Order, a process that could have been much more streamlined and efficient had the City been more transparent and open with citizens.

Should accessing public records in Nashua be so difficult and costly? The City is in command and control of this process but is rigid and unyielding. Transparency and truth go hand-in-hand but the City wants no part of that.

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To the Members of the Senate Health and Human Services Committee. All of the following phrases will seem familiar because they were all heard in the discussion of this bill during the past few weeks.

• 2 doctors have to determine if the patient meets the medical criteria
• This bill is narrowly constructed
• There are guardrails and safeguards in place
• This is a decision between a patient and their doctor.

These phrases should also be familiar because they mirror almost word-for-word phrases used to describe abortion in the US in the early days of legalization.  Originally, two doctors had to verify that the abortion was medically necessary. These were the hard cases – life of the mother, rape, incest, fatal fetal anomaly. Those doctors were the safeguards.  Later, the list expanded from life of the mother to life and health of the mother, from other medical issues to no medical issues to no reason at all.  It ceased being a decision between a woman and her doctor and became abortion on demand.  At the same time, the number of abortions exploded from 616,000 in 1973 to close to 1.5 million in 1990.  Even today, the number is more than a half million a year.

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We don’t need to look at Canada – where medical aid in dying went from applying to the seriously ill who would be dying soon to applying to those for whom death was not considered reasonably foreseeable to applying to those suffering solely from mental illness, all in the space of the seven years from 2016 to 2023 – to see how this can expand.  We need only to look at our own history of abortion.

In the testimony on this bill, you’ll hear about the hard cases that probably fit today’s guardrails. But, as we have seen in both Canada and the US, things that fit today’s guardrails can easily go off the rails. Let’s not give Medical Aid In Dying a chance to do that. Let’s learn not from hypothetical slippery slopes but from actual history and vote HB1283 Inexpedient to Legislate.

 

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If you care about library matters, whether you live in a town or a city,* this video is for you! Skip to 37:25 and tune in for the 19 minutes that follow because the lunacy is mind-blowing.

It’s helpful to point out something obvious to locals, but not so much outside of Nashua. “You can’t fight city hall” is a phrase often said, but you can’t even do that from within if you’re outnumbered by the enemy camp. Even with three hookey players and Alderman Jette, a lawyer who can be halfway decent sometimes, the roll call was 4-8.

Freshman Chris Thibodeau, Tyler Gouveia, and John Sullivan co-sponsored a “resolution” to the city charter(like a CACR in the legislature) that phases out the library trustees, one election cycle at a time (every two years), from being appointed by the mayor to being elected the ordinary way.  Tyler introduced it with a brief elevator speech in the same way a rep or senator would introduce a bill.  You, the reader, can surmise why this resolution is a good thing and come up with several plausible reasons, such as trustees being accountable to the voters, but The Swamp was having none of that!

To use gun-speak regarding hunting, the hunter first identifies the target and then shoots. None of the swampsters identified the target, but they definitely shot at the resolution. Psst, the target was Library Lewdness, a topic I’ve previously written articles about, as have Rep Arlene Quaratiello and Cindy Bennett, a library trustee in her town.

Needless to say, the resolution failed twice, actually, if you count both motions, but I want to point out a few Aldermen for the Wall of Shame.  Alderman Clemons, a sniveling snotty punk from a family of hostile lunatics, compared Nashua to “becoming like Florida, where they ban books.”  Yes, he did say that and it’s all in the video.  Alderman Kelly, who was Councilor Wheeler’s last opponent and is running again, presumably on the same platform of Planned Parenthood and commuter rail, was just as hostile in the discussion.  She spoke more than once and said stupid stuff.  You can’t make up some of the stuff said, so if you didn’t play the video, please do when you have a moment.  And as Columbo would say, “one more thing” with regard to Alderman Kelly being Wheeler’s opponent, she must first beat her primary opponent, who is none other than Ms Melanie Levesque!

I salivate over the amusement of two women unworthy of my vote who have been on my ballot multiple times at odds with one another.  I then think of…  Never mind, I don’t want to give any lunatic librarians any creative ideas, so let’s move on to my former opponent, Alderman Dowd.

You might remember that he’s the one who, as committee chair, lost track of $4.5M in ESSER funds and kept the missing money secret until after the election.  That was in addition to all the things I noted in my anthology of articles on him, but he said some things during the discussion that I will call attention to.  Keeping in mind that he’s a decaying old man who lost track of millions, he somehow decided that one reason to oppose the resolution is that a library trustee candidate’s campaign cost $5000.

Someone should ask him how he arrived at that number.

He also yammered about partisanship, but the comment that made me laugh was his desire to make sure Nashua stays a city.* At minute 54 in the video, he says, “Too many people are trying to make us turn into a town.”  Then, he claims that partisanship doesn’t belong in a library.  Ian Underwood’s assignment, should he choose to accept, is to ask Alderman Dowd for his blessing(written recommendation) that the Croydon Budget Battle be added to the Nashua Public Library inventory and circulation.  I’ll even pay for the book if he says yes, and it really does happen, not that he’s a library trustee himself.

I know that good literary form demands that an article finish with a conclusion. My conclusion, aside from bringing attention to more Nashua shenanigans, is to alert Councilor Wheeler’s constituents of Alderman Kelly’s local antics. Melanie already has statewide name recognition from her failed attempt to get Scanlan’s job. To the very rural voters of EC District 5, I ask, “Do you want an executive councilor who’s a city slicker?”

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According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Climate Cult’s got some new problems to address. A reliable government advocate for the fossil-fuels-drive-the-apocalypse narrative just kicked their scientific consensus in the McNuggets – twice.

In a tweet earlier this month, NOAA had this to say (tweet and accompanying scary graph below).

The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere today is comparable to around 4.3 million years ago, when sea level was about 75 ft higher than today, the average temp was 7 degrees F higher than in pre-industrial times, & large forests occupied areas of the Arctic that are now tundra.

If the damage does not appear obvious, I am happy to explain. First, they admit there was as much CO2 in the atmosphere absent any whiff of modernity or your fossil-fuel-fired Western comfort. That’s the science, my friend. Second, for reasons the science cannot explain, equal concentrations of CO2 correlate with a 75-foot difference in sea level from today.

Let’s make it four problems: There is no correlation to sea ice either (we have loads of sea ice compared to the same CO2 concentrations then), and large forests existing on the land currently inhospitable to same.

We’ve covered all of this in past articles, so we’d like to thank NOAA for confirming our previous reporting with a hat tip to the proggy detractors who doubted that science.

I’m no atmospheric scientist (or geologist), nor do I rely on a rising tide of climate cult grants to sustain my way of life, but “The Science” suggests some other forcing is involved that has nothing to do with CO2.

I’m sure someone from the CO2-causes-sea-level-rise-funding camp will be along shortly to politely correct my pedestrian observation. After all, how could laymen such as myself be expected to interpret a tweet from NOAA properly? I’m not even supposed to be able to read. Just look at the picture, dopey, and then vote for more research funding into scaring people out of their natural rights even when the science makes no sense.

The amount of CO2 in the atmosphere today is comparable to around 4.3 million years ago, when sea level was about 75 ft higher than today, the average temp was 7 degrees F higher than in pre-industrial times, & large forests occupied areas of the Arctic that are now tundra. https://t.co/9vnsfHOPdI pic.twitter.com/viokc0JYSB

— NOAA Climate.gov (@NOAAClimate) April 5, 2024

Note: If this came from anyone but NOAA, would it be disinformation?

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This week we delve into rotten wife-beating cops, congressional war pigs, and other things wrong with Big Gov. On the other side of the equation, private charity efforts in Manchester include the Piscataquag River Park clean up this Saturday, also the Pine Tree Riot event in Goffstown, and if YOU are looking for a small way to make a difference in Manchester, go pick up litter around your house!

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EFAs are NOT going to get anti-white racism or grooming out of public schools (or private schools for that matter). Imposter-Republicans like Ross Berry use EFAs as an excuse to NOT DO ANYTHING MEANINGFUL about the anti-white racism … DEI, CRT, etc., etc., etc., … and grooming pervasive in New Hampshire schools.

Berry and his ilk care more about pushing their libertarian Koch-bot ideology than actually helping parents. Maybe that’s why the NHGOP continues to LOSE election after election after election.

EFAs are NEVER going to replace public schools. That is a libertarian pipe dream. Below is an example of anti-white racism and grooming being pushed in the Nashua Public Schools, and Berry’s response is to use that example to push his pipe dream. How about helping the children whose minds are AT THIS VERY MOMENT being poisoned? Oh no … can’t do that … much more important to be one of the libertarian, Koch-bot cool-kids. What a disgrace.

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One of the foundations of progressive politics is putting government first. Build it, fund it, defend it. The corollary, well known worldwide, is that sooner or later, you run out of other people’s money, to which I’ll add, but that doesn’t stop the “beatings.”

They always try to feed the politicians and bureaucrats first to keep the machine that runs everyone else well-oiled. Everyone else is on their own, including their union buddies in the FD and PD.

There is never enough government, and running out of money is a feature, not a bug (idioms, metaphors, …). All those essential programs or services they promise you the Republicans will take away if you elected them; that’s a projection. The Dems system ensures those services will get cut because there can never be enough money.

Uniparty Republicans are eager to help at the national level, but let’s focus on the Democrat destruction of cities. It’s one of the few things they are good at and something we can guarantee, given enough time. No hyperbole is needed. You can look for yourselves, but we’re not recommending it. You’ll get mugged, killed, or have your car stolen (maybe all of that), burdens to which we can now add this. Biden’s orchestrated invasion has made all of that worse, and the burden has begun to whittle away at essential services.

Democratic Denver Mayor Mike Johnston announced the cuts on Wednesday, celebrating the move as a way to avoid “the worst-case budget cut scenarios.” The “Newcomer Program Strategy” is a nearly $90 million budget plan that funds aid and sheltering for illegal immigrants through the rest of 2024, Fox 31 reported. To pay for the illegal immigrant plan, the Democrat-run city will cut police spending by $8.4 million and fire department spending by $2.5 million, while the Sheriff’s Department will be hit with a 2.2% reduction.

We’re cutting public safety, and we’re excited about this transition from protecting you to protecting people who are technically felons.

“After more than a year of facing this crisis together, Denver finally has a sustainable plan for treating our newcomers with dignity while avoiding the worst cuts to city services,” Johnston said. “So many times we were told that we couldn’t be compassionate while still being fiscally responsible. Today is proof that our hardest challenges are still solvable, and that together we are the ones who will solve them.”

I hate to sound like a broken record (no, I don’t), but you could save 10 million by sending them all home. Someone should suggest that. And not just in Denver. Massachusetts, the sanctuary across my State’s southern border, has a similar problem (like New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and the rest). And it’s an amusing matter, at least to me. For all the pissing and moaning about being overwhelmed when it was Governor Abbot and DeSantis bussing or flying “migrants” to Democrat sanctuary cities, Biden’s been doing it, and they’re all, let’s come together and help these new arrivals.

Hang on to that sentiment. You might have to come together to help put out fires.

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Greetings, Good Senators. April 18 was a sad day for transparency in NH and I am asking you to reject the Judiciary Committee’s recommendation and even consider saying “thank you, Mr President, I rise to oppose the recommendation and urge this body to vote ITL.”

This is a link to an ongoing local story that I am asking ALL of you to familiarize yourselves with.

Investigative journalists, in the authentic sense, are a dying breed in NH, and we must rely on private citizen truth seekers like Laurie Ortolano, who took to the mic at the April 9 committee hearing. Would you believe that not one committee member had even one question for her?  Yup, see for yourselves in the video, and one member even packed up and left the room, KNOWING that she was the star witness. As an attorney, he obviously knew that it was his opportunity to cross-examine her!  But back to Laurie Ortolano. You all ought to know that she has invested countless hours and countless dollars only to have city hall repeatedly heap abuse on her.  She has had to resort to litigation multiple times, both as Attorney Lehmann’s client and as a pro se plaintiff.  Don’t give the stewards of government records any more weapons to use against the public, please!

Voting in HB 1002 is VOTING FOR A NEW TAX, plain and simple, and I’m guessing that most of you took the Grover Norquist Pledge against that.  Don’t be fooled into thinking that RTK seekers are, by default, the inconvenient nuisance problem.  If you do, you’re no better than the opposition implying to Tim Lang that parents are, by default, enemies of their kids. (in opposition to his bill). And BTW, Tim Lang is an enemy of transparency.  You can see for yourselves on the committee hearing sign-in sheet, which I can show you a picture of if desired.

The Judiciary Committee joined the WRONG side of history on April 18, and the membership has an opportunity to change their minds. I hope some of you can convince them(and Tim Lang) to “come about” and perhaps recruit three votes from across the aisle. Watters is potentially one of those three, as I’m told that he can be negotiated with. Maybe that’s true with two more. Please explore that possibility.

Please do NOT contribute to creating another RTK obstacle for Granite Staters, especially with the second-largest city in disarray.

Sincerely,
Julie Smith

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To all those who are sending in memes, thank you!  Many, many good ones!  Please do share this post, and if you share an individual meme, consider mentioning you saw it on the Grok!

Speaking of, from this week, Monday Edition and Wednesday Edition.  Also check out my latest Israel-focused meme & commentary post if this is a subject of interest to you, coming out late Saturday.

 

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

 

 

While I agree with the blue curve, not sure the genders line up on this.

 

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Do not every forget – they hate you, and at their core really do want to put you against the wall and shoot you.

 

 

Back in my teens I took a class with my dad at a place that taught home building the old fashioned way in the morning, and then in the afternoon we’d go out and apply what we learned to several houses actually under construction.  One of those houses was, specifically, designed without any electrical power hookups.  Back then, my father and I laughed and wondered how long the owners would last before they got an electrician in.  Now… I wish I had the land and the money to build such a house.  No electronics, not affected by power outages or EMP.

Debbie Georgatos | Sam Faddis – China is Deadly Serious–Are You Prepared? (americacanwetalk.org)

Remember our good and dear friend Klaus and his warning.

 

 

 

A complete trust in Big Brother.

 

 

Don’t forget the cricket or mealworm powder!  To wit – and watch out for this:

 

 

Don’t forget that Democrats voted AGAINST mandatory labeling about this.

 

 

Why, it’s almost as though TPTB want China to succeed, and The West to fail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apparently these appeared on the same day.

 

 

 

 

See the excellent book Supreme Court Gun Cases.

 

 

 

 

Say whaaaaaat?

 

 

 

 

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PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA – PSA

 

 

Who the living F died and made this MFer dictator?

Fight digital ID.  Or you’re done.  Related:

Canadian municipality now requires a QR code (thecountersignal.com)

Scan a QR code to leave your town.  And, per the mayor, it’s legal:

Despite concerns, Antonin Valiquette, the mayor of Îles-de-la-Madeleine, says that the QR code and driver’s license requirements are legal and that his biggest concern now is fighting “disinformation”.

“Combating disinformation among the citizens for whom the members of the municipal council and I work is what is important,” Valiquette said.

Remember:

THE ROAD TO TYRANNY, SLAVERY, AND GENOCIDE IS PAVED WITH PHRASES LIKE “THAT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE” AND “OH THAT’S NOT POSSIBLE” AND “YOU’RE OVERREACTING”.

 

 

Related:

Nolte: Report Says 13 Banks Helped Feds Spy on Trump Supporters (breitbart.com)

 

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The Libs who would do this are safe.  No brains to eat.

 

 

 

My question is this: Who ordered the flags that they’re waving?

 

 

 

 

Be the guy looking up.

 

 

 

 

To everyone still in denial, schedule a booster and take choline supplements for a month beforehand.

 

 

 

Fear is the Mind Killer… – Granite Grok

 

 

 

Kermit, if you figure it out please let me know.

 

 

 

 

Or worse.

 

 

Not just that.  The system will never end itself voluntarily and will fight tooth and nail any attempt to fix it.

 

 

Rule 1: Never trust the government.

Rule 2: See Rule 1.

 

 

 

 

Not quite an apples to apples comparison, but good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

And yet, despite the above and many other things, people will vote for The Potato because Orange Man Bad.

 

 

 

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Link Section (some mine, some from my Jarhead friend):

 

Biden’s New Title IX Rule Guarantees The End Of Parents’ Rights (thefederalist.com)

Title IX was intended to ensure women are treated fairly and have educational opportunities, not to pave the way for males claiming an alternative “gender identity” to access women’s scholarships and spaces. It also wasn’t supposed to be used to curtail protected speech by punishing students and teachers for using biologically false pronouns.

That’s right: When Biden’s Title IX rule takes effect on Aug. 1, using the “wrong” (e.g., biologically accurate) pronouns will be considered “sex-based harassment” and a federal civil rights violation worthy of investigation and discipline.

…

Under the new rule, if a middle school student feels that his teacher has not hidden his “gender fluid” identity sufficiently from his parents, the district could treat it as a Title IX violation. The school district’s Title IX coordinator would investigate to avoid facing a federal investigation or losing federal funding.

Uh oh.

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Macron, in key speech, warns that Europe ‘is mortal’ – Insider Paper

Is this a warning, a prediction, or a goal?  Related, at least to me:

Bayou Renaissance Man: More about our fragile global Internet

Bayou Renaissance Man: About that critical infrastructure…

The US, indeed all of Western Civilization, is incredibly vulnerable.  But TPTB want to gaslight us:

A New Elitist Craze: Fixing the Public’s “Perception of the Economy” – Flopping Aces

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Ignore This Birth Control ‘Misinfo’ Unless You Want To Be Happier (thefederalist.com)

There’s another effect of The Pill: it apparently alters women’s sense of smell and their mate-picking preferences (links in original):

In addition, before taking my classes, my female students were never told that the Pill scrambles the sensory messages that they subconsciously detect with their sense of smell: The hormones in the Pill make them more attracted to men with immune systems similar to their own. Those scrambled signals mean falling in love with a man while taking the Pill is risky. If the couple marries and tries to have children, the woman will have somewhat higher odds of repeated miscarriages and perhaps of having more-vulnerable offspring.

More on this:

Psychology and the Pill – TCU Magazine

In fact, one study shows that the pill may blunt women’s sense of smell, hampering their ability to sniff out men with markers of desirable genes.

“The idea that women might choose different partners when they are on the pill than when they are off it suggests that the pill may have rippling effects on the quality and dynamics of women’s long-term relations — maybe even the risk of divorce or infidelity,” Hill wrote.

Birth Control Pills Affect Women’s Taste in Men | Scientific American

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America Isn’t The First Empire Doomed By Open Borders (thefederalist.com) (link in the original):

And even then, most were barred from settling in the Italian heartland. As another writer, Annalisa Merelli pointed out, it was the Roman Empire’s saving of thousands and thousands (some say upward of 200,000) of Goth tribal refugees fleeing from the Huns in 376 that led to Rome’s sack less than a century later. After a variety of mutually broken promises between the two sides, the Goths turned on their Roman rescuers at the Battle of Adrianople in 378, a massacre of Romans that saw the deaths of more than 30,000 and would eventually lead to the fall of the Western Roman Empire.

While few would suggest that today’s immigrants have plans to militarily besiege America, it does not take a leap of the imagination to extend the analogy to our own times. Like Rome, we have lost our cultural confidence and moorings, which dramatically increases our risk of being overrun both literally and metaphorically by newcomers.

More on Rome’s error:

The Barbarians Who Sacked Rome Came Into the Empire as Refugees | Gates of Vienna

 

 

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It Took Ten Years For Powerful People To See That Leftism Has Crossed A Red Line – Flopping Aces

Only when it affected them.

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US Military is the Largest Investor in mRNA Synthetic Biology (substack.com)

Now I find this very disturbing.

Japan Declares Emergency Over ‘Explosion of mRNA Cancers’ (planet-today.com)

 

 

How Do Vaccines Cause Autism? – by A Midwestern Doctor

RTWT.  Book mark it.  Share it.

DEMOCIDE EPIDEMIC: The First Ever Peer-Reviewed Journal Study That Proves Excess Covid-19 Deaths in the United Kingdom Were Due to Midazolam (2ndsmartestguyintheworld.com)

Around the world, they murdered people to make the virus look scary… to justify the lockdowns and Jabs.

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New Scientific Evidence That CO2 Emissions Can’t Warm Atmosphere Because it is “Saturated” Published in Peer-Reviewed Journal – The Daily Sceptic

I’ve read about this.  An analogy that I saw: Paint over a window with one layer of paint – some light will still come through.  Another layer, less, and so on.  But at some point, all light is blocked and added layers of paint do nothing.  But it’s convenient for tyrants:

Fascism: Joe Biden Considering Declaring a National Climate Emergency and Giving Himself “COVID-Like” Powers Without Congressional Approval (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Cullen Linebarger

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No More Special Counsels | City Journal (city-journal.org)

Few innovations in American law enforcement have done more damage than “independent” prosecutors. Independent and special counsels have upended every presidential administration that has encountered them. They have never yielded benefits commensurate with their costs. They should be abolished.

From what I can see, they’re mostly used as weapons.

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Lawless Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs Vetoes Bill to Require Proof of Residency for Voting | The Gateway Pundit | by Jordan Conradson

IMHO there is NO innocent reason why someone would veto this; there can be only one motive: election fraud.  Other Dem governors too, from what I understand.  Related:

Victor Reacts: They Aren’t Hiding it Anymore, Biden Wants Mass Amnesty Before Election (VIDEO) | The Gateway Pundit | by Victor Nieves

Why 2020 ‘Election Denialism’ Is Not Denialism at All – American Thinker

WATCH: “We Absolutely Have to Get President Biden Reelected” – Leftist Arizona AG Kris Mayes Says The Quiet Part Out Loud Before Announcing Grand Jury Indictment Against Trump 2020 Alternate Electors | The Gateway Pundit | by Jordan Conradson

Judge Cannon Unseals Docs Alleging Jack Smith’s Lead Prosecutor Threatened Trump Valet Attorney and Tried to Bribe Him in Exchange For Client’s Testimony Against Trump | The Gateway Pundit | by Cristina Laila

WAYNE ROOT: “We’re all GAZA Now.” Trump was Right. One Rigged & Stolen Election has Turned America into a Third World Craphole. | The Gateway Pundit | by Assistant Editor

When a Victory Becomes a Defeat: Biden and Bragg Are Making a Mistake, and It May Cost Them – Bigly – Flopping Aces

RTWT.

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Progressive Democrat women have become suicidally evil and stupid – American Thinker

I recently posted about the 19th amendment and a possibility of arguing for repeal of the same.  This supports that case.

Diogenes’ Middle Finger: CONGRATS LADIES, YOU PLAYED YOURSELVES. (diogenesmiddlefinger.com)

 

 

Every demographic leans R except unmarried women.  Perhaps modify the 19th so that only married women can vote?  Related:

5 Ways Feminism Has Ruined America (usnews.com)

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What became of communism in Vietnam? – American Thinker

Zitelmann describes how Vietnam, the poorest country in the world in 1990, overcame poverty and became a prosperous country by abolishing the planned economy and introducing private property rights.  By examining the case of Poland, which was among the poorest countries in Europe in the 1980s but has since emerged as Europe’s growth champion for the past three decades, Zitelmann shows how capitalism makes people’s lives better.

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Biden’s capital gains tax proposal could crush the economy, experts say | Fox News

Could?  WILL.  And that’s deliberate.

 

 

CA Fast Food Outlets Defy State’s New, Economy-Crushing Minimum Wage Law With Automation, Raising Prices – Flopping Aces

Biden’s new overtime rule another big blow to small businesses (bizpacreview.com)

Ross On Unfunded Pensions: ‘There Are Trillions Of Dollars At Stake’ – One America News Network (oann.com)

Reprise:

 

E I Feel Like Sarah Connor The Coming Financial Collapse

 

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Biden DOJ Says Droning American Citizens Is Totally Fine Because Obama’s DOJ Said So – Flopping Aces

“So this is actually the way that the system should function. The Department of Justice takes criminal law very seriously,” Dreeben continued. “It runs it through the analysis very carefully with established principles. It documents them. It explains them. And then the president can go forward in accordance with it. And there is no risk of prosecution for that course of activity.”

Takes the law seriously????  BWAAAA HA HA HA HA HA HA!

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About 7% of Americans own an EV now, but the Greens are running out of “believers”, as only 9% of Americans are seriously considering buying one:

(GALLUP) More electric vehicles owners now, but fewer non-owners say they would buy one | Sharyl Attkisson

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Tennessee just passed a bill (in both houses, now headed to the Gov’s desk) that would allow teachers to carry in classrooms.  They have to be volunteers, get 40 hours of firearms training and have a psychological evaluation, which seems pretty solid to me.  Predictably, the Dems are having a melt-down:

Tennessee State Dems Stage Die-In After Gun Vote – Victory Girls Blog

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James Woods slams drag-queens dancing for children as “prelude to pedophilia”:

James Woods on Pedophilia (independentsentinel.com)

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When asked about the anti-sematic protests that are springing up in many leftist hell-holes (and collages, but I repeat myself) all over the country, FBI Director Wray states:  “We don’t monitor protests”.  Oh really?  What about January 6th, pro-life Christians protesting abortion, parents who protest school boards, and many other “conservative” protests?  What he’s REALLY saying is:  We’re OK with a protest if it suits the narrative:

https://legalinsurrection.com/2024/04/fbi-director-christopher-wray-we-dont-monitor-protests/

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The Central Banks of many countries are actively working to get rid of cash, so they can implement Central Bank Digital Currency.  Now thousands of banks “down under” are locking people out of withdrawing cash from their own accounts!

https://100percentfedup.com/thousands-denied-access-bank-withdrawals-australia

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When the House voted to fund Ukraine another $60 Billion (which we have to borrow for, and pay back, with interest), the Dems all cheered and started waving little Ukraine flags.  Republican representative Thomas Massie (who did NOT vote for this) took a video of them waving the flags & posted it on X to show how our congress-critters care more about Ukraine than America.  However, the Sgt-at-Arms of the House has been directed to tell Rep. Massie to remove the Tweet or get fined $500/day.  I guess because it makes Congress look bad, doesn’t it?  Maybe they should not have sold out America:

Moonbattery Massie Threatened With Fine for Exposing Betrayal – Moonbattery

Remember:The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury.” — George Washington

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I saw this and was intrigued:  A way to get a “patent” on your land, and remove it from the governments grip (no more property taxes).  Definitely want to look at it more:

Chain of Title – Ron Gibson’s Book, Land Patents by Ron Gibson (chainoftitleresearcher.com)

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Closing – Hashem is amazing.  Just watch this video.

Amazing Video Shows Bright Flash of Light When Sperm Meets Egg and Human Life Begins – LifeNews.com

 

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President Joe Biden seldom takes any questions. That frustrates reporters, pundits, allies, and voters. It is what it is. And it’s unfortunate. But whenever Biden speaks, voters are reminded of his diminishing mental competency.

There is no way he’ll debate anyone this fall. But Dems are in lockstep behind his candidacy, apparently expecting him to beat Donald Trump to position the ultra-liberal Kamala Harris to become our 47th president. (Her many inane statements are not due to age but to incompetence.)

This brings us to the Democratic frontrunners for New Hampshire’s open Congressional District Two seat, Colin Van Ostern and Becky Whitley. Colin is 46, and Becky is 44. They are presumably pretty sharp and don’t need to hide signs of cognitive impairment. Would they answer questions? (With accompanying comments in italics.)

1. Do you support sanctuary cites in N.H.?
(Democrat gubernatorial candidates Joyce Craig and Cincy Warmington refuse to answer this simple question, knowing that a truthful answer dooms their candidacies.)

2. Do you agree with the majority of Americans who favor restricting late-term abortions of viable fetuses?
(A Harvard-Harris national poll indicated that 73% of Americans would limit horrific late-term abortions.)

3. Do you support biological boys playing on girls’ sports teams?
(Polls show over 70% of Americans oppose.)

4. Do you think Democrats should pick your Republican opponent?
(In 2022, Democrat Political Action Committees spent large sums to successfully position Bob Burns as Annie Kuster’s CD2 opponent. Kuster easily beat Burns by 12 percentage points.)

5. Do you feel important positions should be filled based more on competence or on identity politics?
(In 2020, Joe Biden committed to choosing a woman of color as a running mate, thus eliminating almost 95% of potential vice presidents based on race and gender.)

6. Do you agree with Democratic New Hampshire legislators who seek to restrict school choice and take away Education Freedom Accounts from poorer families?
(Numerous Democrat-sponsored measures in Concord have sought to do exactly that.)

7. Do you support illegal aliens/undocumented migrants getting driver’s licenses and thus voting rights?
(The Democrat-controlled N.H. House overwhelmingly supported HB397 in 2019, which would have done exactly that.)

8. Would you share specific recommendations for entitlement reform?
(Social Security will be insolvent in less than ten years.)

9. Do you agree with Democrats who say that human-induced climate change is an “existential threat” warranting carbon taxes and restrictions on gas powered vehicles?
(President Biden has often said that climate change poses a greater threat than nuclear war.)

10. Will you accept campaign money from sources hostile to Israel?
(Such as from George Soros or the Council for the National Interest.)

11. Do you agree with those who assign some blame for the current military recruiting crisis to Biden Department of Defense policies emphasizing DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) and who say that this recruiting crisis impacts national security?
(Our Army and Navy are falling way short of recruiting goals.)

12. Most experts agree that our current deficit spending is unsustainable. Can you share specific proposals to address the spending crisis?
(The federal deficit for 2023 was almost $2 trillion. Our deficit spending now approximates a quarter trillion dollars a month. 16% of total federal spending now goes to service the debt.)

13. Do you agree with economists who blame the current high inflation rate on excessive government spending?
(Economics 101 teaches that if money supply grows too big relative to the size of an economy, then purchasing power decreases accordingly.)

So, there are 13 straightforward questions for your consideration. Granite State voters would surely appreciate answers. Similar questions will also be directed to other candidates from both parties.

As Henry David Thoreau once said, “The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when someone asked me what I thought.”

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Many Of us sadly have elder relatives who suffer from various stages of memory loss or dementia. We see their pain as they struggle to recall names and events. We ensure that these precious souls do not injure themselves or others. We help them with decisions they can no longer make independently.

We love these people who guided us through our lives, and now they need guidance. This journey is the circle of life, but we do not need this circle of evolution in some facets of our lives. Business and government are two where we do not need people far beyond their prime who are entrenched simply because they have always been present. People like Mitch McConnell, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and Joe Biden are examples of such fixtures. They have invested a lifetime in what they call Public Service, but what I choose to title Public Absorption. They have built a powerful machine to ensure they stay in power, taking from those who unwittingly vote to keep them there. These folks are ageless parasites.

Joe Biden loves to preach about the plethora of experience and wisdom he has garnered in his fifty-plus years in Washington. Biden never had a real job, made anything, had employees, or lived within a budget. Joe Biden has spent a lifetime spending our hard-earned money on projects and causes he thinks are suitable for us. He rarely asked for our opinion, for he knew it would be the opposite of his, but that never stopped him. People like Joe, Mitch, Nancy, or Chuck are never wrong and love to point a finger at those who are. For the last three years, Joe has justified his existence and position by distracting and accusing others of wrongdoing or thinking. He is a master of gas lighting. For the last three years, one declaration permeates his message: Joe is correct, and Donald Trump and the Supreme Court are not. It is SCOTUS and Trump who have brought about desperate policies threatening American Democracy and freedom, and we must elect Biden to stand in the way of the existential threat to our existence.

Joe traveled to Florida, where he is about as popular as a gator in your backyard pool. Florida has had more than its share of illegal migrants, and the blame falls solely on Joe Biden. We all remember when Biden lashed out at Peter Doocy of FOX News, calling him a “One-Trick Pony.” Biden is becoming that pony. With the chaos at the border, the runaway inflation killing Bidenomics, two wars, and now civil unrest on campuses threatening Jewish students, Joe is playing one tune as he campaigns across America: Abortion.

Biden’s approval ratings are slipping across the spectrum, but alarmingly so with the young voters. With Democrat support softening with the Black and Brown communities, Biden cannot afford any drop in support with Millennials and Gen-Z. That is why he is beating the Abortion drum. He is in Florida to draw attention to restrictive rights favored by Trump and DeSantis. It is almost comical when Biden looks at the camera and says that Trump is wrong on the Abortion issue, and so is the Supreme Court. Joe Biden, the intellectual giant who cannot put two sentences together unless on a teleprompter and looks to Congresswoman Cortez for words of wisdom, is calling out our Supreme Court. Very rich for a man who is betting his reelection on the dismembered bodies of unwanted fetuses.

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