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Earlier this year a group of mayors clung together in the name of the Paris Climate Accord. They insisted, wrongly, that the “treaty” was necessary and they intended to take action locally to support its goals. Some 379 municipal leaders signed on to Climate Mayors.org, which was all most of them ever intended.
As a group, they have done nothing meaningful since.
Hugh Hefner, the massively influential publisher and leader of the 1960s sexual revolution, died of natural causes Sept. 27 at age 91.
He is survived by his wife Crystal Harris, ex-wife Mildred Harris, partner Anna Sophia Berglund, partner Jenna Bentley, partner Kristina Shannon, girlfriend Holly Madison, girlfriend Kendra Wilkinson, girlfriend Bridget Marquardt, partner Brande Roderick, ex-wife Kimberly Conrad, girlfriend Shannon Tweed, partner Sheila Levell, partner Melissa Dawn Taylor, and many other women he was openly involved with at the same time that he was married to his three wives.
Hefner touted his pornographic magazine as “breaking barriers,” which cannot be denied. In the decades since the first issue, America has discarded the norm of
In a post over at The American Thinker labeled The Free Lunch Slide into Socialism, we see the Great Lie of proto-Socialism once again:
New York City’s Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina recently announced the new “Free School Lunch for All” for the big Apple’s public schools. This means that the entire public-school population, some 1.1 million students, will now be provided with free lunches irrespective of family income. Prior to this, approximately 75 percent of the city’s students were getting free lunches. Under this “Free Lunch for All” program, an additional 200,000 students will now be eligible. This will save the just included families about $300 a year as the cost of a school lunch is $1.75.
To the precious few in New York City who worry about the cost of public education, officials say not to fret. This added expenditure won’t adversely affect the school’s budget. It’s “cost-free” to the city as the tab will be paid out of state and federal funds. That’s me and you.
That’s all we seem to hear about from Progressives that they want and desire a more “inclusive” society. As you can see, at least on this campus, “inclusive” really means exclusive – we will include anyone that is just like us but exclude “The Others”. Once again, we see the hypocrisy of the Left and … Read more
Or even simple arithmetic baffles you. Before you read the line, remember that the top 1% pay almost 39% of income taxes. NEW YORK TIMES FINDS A FLAW IN TRUMP’S TAX-REFORM PLAN: “The plan would not benefit lower-income households that do not pay federal income taxes.” Sigh. Well, given that the NYT has been running a … Read more
The NFL’s Kneel-a-palooza is beginning to grate on my nerves. Team owners and players think they are doing something meaningful, but they’ve been shepherded into advocating a false-narrative that feeds the progressive mission to kneecap the culture, and most of them don’t even know it.
Much like the hands-up-don’t-shoot meme, (which was a complete fabrication driven into the collective conscious by a progressive political party and its media homonculi), taking a knee in protest (to what exactly?) is based on exaggerations and misdirection.
And I put that in quotes because it is a euphemism for “kill that unborn baby” because it sucks come voting time. At The Blaze, I ran across this: From a Guttmacher Institute study earlier this year: The abortion rate has fallen to its lowest rate since Roe v. Wade. In 2014, there were 14.6 abortions per … Read more
For several years, The Coalition of New Hampshire Taxpayers has been offering workshops on the Right to Know Law, RSA 91-A, its foundation in our State Constitution and how a taxpayer group can use it in uncovering municipal corruption.
Granite Grok filmed one such workshop.
So far, CNHT has had attendees from South Korea, the Philippines, Ukraine, six countries from Africa, Viet Nam and Sri Lanka. Most recently, visitors from Jordan and Iraq came to our office in Concord. Two weeks ago, ten people from Latin America stopped by.
Global Warming Continues to be good for Tourism in New Hampshire. New Hampshire tourism officials are forecasting all-time highs for visitors and spending this fall season, with a good chunk of the travel occurring over Columbus Day Weekend. The New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism is expecting 9.8 million visitors to spend $1.5 billion … Read more
This is what you get when you hire a Democrat operative to be a “news” anchor: a smug, self-righteous ignoramus. Here he is haughtily sneering at the next Alabama Senator Roy Moore by stating that, “He doesn’t appear to believe in the Constitution as it’s written.” What did Roy Moore say to cause Chuck make … Read more
The City of Portsmouth has been ruffling feathers over a proposed property re-valuation.
“I can see it coming,” Whitehouse said Monday. “Come October or the last part of September when they set the tax rate, then I’ll know how bad things will be. I keep cutting and cutting, but I’m all by myself and I’m trying to hang on.”
Someone just told me that there was a meeting this week, but there’s no video of the meeting. Technical difficulties.
We thought you’d like to know… International Right to Know Day began on Sept. 28, 2002, when freedom of information organizations from around the world came together in Sofia, Bulgaria, and created the FOI Advocates Network, a global coalition working together to promote the right of access to information for all people and the benefits of open, … Read more
“With just two days left until the end of the third quarter, what happened in Q2 will hardly provoke a market reaction, which is why when the BEA announced that the third and final Q2 GDP print was revised from 3.0% to 3.1%, (or specifically from 3.049% to 3.06%) it hardly inspired a move in … Read more
SHOT: It’s nothing, this tax reform that the GOP is proposing Saving $1,000 a year on taxes is nothing. Less than $100 a month. — Emily C. Singer (@CahnEmily) September 27, 2017 CHASER: Data Point: Most Americans have less than $1,000 in savings A thousand dollars IS a big deal for a lot of people and … Read more
The swelling population of illegal immigrants and their kids is costing American taxpayers $135 billion a year, the highest ever, driven by free medical care, education and a huge law enforcement bill, according to the the most authoritative report on the issue yet. And despite claims from pro-illegal immigration advocates that the aliens pay significant off-setting … Read more
“However well-intentioned or justified a given protest may be, when political protests occur during the national anthem, many Americans see a defacement of something sacred — and this message completely overshadows the intended content of the protests. As experienced and understood by many, the protesters were not merely seeking to advance their own cause; they … Read more
Question of the Day: Do You Fear The Government? I’m pretty sure that I know what most Conservatives and Libertarians will say, but humor me by edumacating by leaving a comment. For our Progressive / Democrat / Liberal readers, let me know TWO ways: With the current occupant of the Oval Office And if Hillary … Read more