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January 2018

BlogQuestion of the Day – Gee, I thought Feminism was supposed to be “inclusive”

THINK OF THEM AS THE LADIES’ AUXILIARY FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND YOU WON’T GO FAR WRONG: Why won’t liberal feminists defend Nikki Haley and Melania Trump? And Instapundit was happy to furnish the answer, too: It’s always been about power, not about women. Well, it’s really only about PROGRESSIVE women and only THEIR power – the …

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Of Property Tax exemptions…

One of the warrants that will be brought up at my hamlet’s Deliberative Session this week is one that would extend the property tax break given to honorably discharged veterans – a snippet from the Laconia Daily Sun: Veterans exemption The warrant has a mixed 2-1 recommendation on expanding the veterans’ property tax exemption “to …

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The FBI’s Star Investigators, Strzok & Page (WB7 Cartoon)

Parodying the FBI’s apparent inability to manage Samsung smartphones and retrieve text messages But there’s also serious news about the two texting lovers and their “secret society.” Apparently, even after the FBI was able to recover the 5 months of “lost” text messages, the Congressional Committees are only deemed able to handle less than 7,000 …

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HB 628: You Can Opt-In (to Pay the Tax) Any Time You Like (But if You Didn’t Opt-Out) You Can Never Leave

By Chip Spangler Currently, HB 628 sits in the House Commerce and Consumer Affairs committee. This bill claims to be a government-run Family and Medical Leave insurance bill, but it is actually an income tax bill. The bill places a 0.5% tax on income for those who do not opt-out. The opt-out provision is deceptive at best, …

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Reminder: These New Hampshire House Republicans Voted for An Income Tax

HB 628 (An Act that would institute a New Hampshire Income tax) passed the NH House 183 to 151 on January 9th, 2017. The bill has another hearing this week followed by another vote. Here is a reminder about the 33 Republicans whose vote for an Income Tax in New Hampshire are the only reason it is …

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Pine Tree Ramblings – Vol 4

The feminization of males is on the top of people’s minds these days.  Liberals, with their strong senses of emotion and relativism, are advocating it, saying gender should be neutral and men should assimilate to better understand oppressed women.  Conservatives, with their strong traits of logic and rationalism, scorn the crossing of inherent gender boundaries …

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Rush Limbaugh Recommends American Pravda – James O’Keefe in NH This Week!

On Friday, Rush Limbaugh endorsed* James O’Keefe’s new book American Pravda. “Say, folks, before we get outta here, I want to strongly suggest a book to you. It’s James O’Keefe’s latest. It’s called American Pravda. We just had the call from the guy in Port Huron whose post on Facebook was taken down because it came from …

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NH HB 628: One Step Closer to the Perpetual Drain of an Income Tax

By Emmett Harris The Family and Medical Leave Insurance Act, HB 628, isn’t taking any time off. Instead, the bill is working its way steadily through the New Hampshire House, full of the promise, pleading, and puffery common to many progressive proposals. Let’s hope its journey ends short of becoming law.