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December 2017

Another Govt Rent-Seeker for Govt run PAID Family Leave – HB 628 – Dr. Oge Young – Part 1

HB 628: Paid family and medical leave SurPRISE!  Yet another Op-Ed in the Concord Monitor genuflecting at the Altar of Big Govt: “Pray, give us this “benefit” even as we could do it ourselves? Once again, supplication from one whose industry very well could be sucking at yet another teat of Government (you know, the …

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New Cold Weather Record on Mt. Washington – I Blame Global Warming

A new cold weather record has been reached for Mount Washington. Adam Gill, a weather observer at the Mount Washington Observatory,  took a kettle of boiling hot water and poured it out in sub zero temperatures with hurricane force winds. The weather was so cold that you can see the water turning into snow. Weather observers …

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Notable Quote: Expert Consensus on the Weather

A LINK between sunspot activity and the weather on earth has long seemed tantalizingly plausible, even self-evident. But try as they might, scientists have not until lately been able to substantiate it. Now a consensus is emerging that there is a statistical correlation between sunspots and the weather. Acting on the consensus, American meteorologists are …

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Tales from the BudComm – “Do you see what I see?”

Yes, I am deliberately being shameless in “culturally appropriating” a line from a well beloved Christmas carol – deal with it because FREEDOM!  That’s what Americans do – take from other cultures (after all, there’s plenty to “borrow” from) and repurpose it to make our culture better.  But here, the question fits as now the …

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New Hampshire Democrats vs. Freezing Weather

The Democrat’s unwavering commitment and dedication to an environmental policy that promotes wind and solar energy over fossil fuels could mean that many of them will freeze to death over the next week. Please say a prayer for them, even though they’d make fun of you for doing it.

Data Point – Consumer Confidence

The percentage of those who said business conditions were “good” increased to 35.2% from 35%, while those saying business conditions were “bad” slipped to 12.1% from 12.3%. People claiming jobs were “plentiful” fell to 35.7% from 37.5%, while those claiming jobs were “hard to get” hit a 16-year low of 15.2%, down from 16.8%. “Consumer confidence …

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To Silence One Commissioner NH Democrats Would Use The Government to Silence Them All.

The NHGOP sent out an email today on the easily triggered, toll-hike loving Chris Pappas, complete with a quote from a Union Leader Editorial. “For some reason, Frank Edelblut drives Democrats at the State House completely crazy. Edelblut recently tweeted to Executive Councilor Chris Pappas about the Cyber Robotics Coding Competition, using a phrase Pappas …

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Pope Francis doesn’t see his irony on how “foreigners to the Vatican” are welcomed

This from a guy who lives behind a 39 foot high wall: VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis strongly defended immigrants at his Christmas Eve Mass on Sunday, comparing them to Mary and Joseph finding no place to stay in Bethlehem and saying faith demands that foreigners be welcomed. Francis, celebrating his fifth Christmas as leader …

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Democrats – the egg nog of Politics?

From Kurt Schlichter at Townhall: When we gather together this Christmas, it’s going to be super-awkward since everybody is dead because Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris Climate Scam, repealed net neutrality, and cut taxes. The depredations of Genghis Khan, the Black Plague, and the repeal of the Obamacare mandate – these are pretty …

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