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In part, on the false “multiplier” effect that Govt programs supposedly have:

In any auction, the winning bidder may pay more for something than it is worth. That is especially the case in this kind of auction — in which government entities compete with one another in offering tax breaks to a rent-seeking corporation (i.e., one looking for public assistance for private gain) that is trying to get as much as it possibly can from government.

The fatal flaw here is the deeply ingrained habit of regional economic development agencies and other government entities of assuming (falsely) that a public investment of X dollars will yield about 2X in indirect benefits — in addition to the job creation and economic growth that come from the investment made by the rent-seeking company.

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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

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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.

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I just had a micro-rant towards TMEW (The Most Esteemed Wife). No, not AT her or ABOUT her – but this headline:

‘Star Trek: Discovery’ Cast Takes a Knee After Show’s Premiere

I really wish I had been taping myself – I realized I had a few good lines of ire and now I can’t remember them. Look, I’m a political blogger because I found out the hard way when I was half my present age that people were making decisions about how their actions within the political realm/Government were forcing me and my family to live in certain ways or accept certain things or affecting our family budget. That was the start of my “activation, ” and I said I’d never let that happen. Why should I – or you for that matter? Why do they think they are better at living our lives than us?

For all the time I spend in this realm, believe it or not, I WANT IT TO STAY THERE!!!!!  I AM SO SICK AND TIRED OF IT BEING EVERYWHERE ELSE I COULD JUST PUKE!

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Yet another instance of what the Left claims never happens – those of us with concealed permits (or here in NH, a pistol / revolver license even though we have Constitutional Carry now) are mindful of the responsibilities it holds and that we have taken on voluntarily to protect ourselves, our families, our friends, and others if need be (reformatted, emphasis mine):

A good guy with a gun confronted Emanuel Kidega Samson on Sunday and held him at gunpoint after he allegedly opened fire on congregants at Burnette Chapel Church of Christ.

Breitbart News reported that the good guy–22–year-old Robert Engle–initially confronted Samson while unarmed and Samson was shot with his own gun during the physicality that followed. The Tennessean reports that after Samson was shot, Engle ran out to his car and retrieved his own firearm, then re-entered the church and held Samson at gunpoint for police.

Engle has a concealed carry permit.  Metro Nashville Police Chief Steve Anderson said of Engle, “He’s the hero. He’s the person who stopped this madness.”

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I get tons of mail, solicited and unsolicited from commercial companies, friends, media, and advocacy groups. One of them is Campaigns & Elections which is a trade rag for those that are interested or work in campaigns. Like almost every other trade, they have their own confabs to talk about whatever it is they love to yak about and this group is no different. But I was a bit stunned to see what one of the breakout sessions was about (emphasis mine):

The prelim agenda for Campaigns & Marketing Summit in Washington, DC on November 13th is now live. Check it out here.

Sessions include:

Delivering a Message in Less than 10 Seconds: The Snackable Era of Advertising
How Artificial Intelligence Will Transform Political Campaigns
Virtual Reality: Moving from Story Telling to Story Living
Developing an Ad Campaign in the Post-Truth Era

Post-Truth – a time in our lives when there are no absolutes (thanks to the relativistic morality of Progressives) because the Left decided that everyone can define “truth” on their own.

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And yes, that would be we Groksters.  For years we have warned about taking “free money with strings attached.” There’s another meme that describes the below from the Pravda on the Merrimack: “Fed crack.” No, not real drugs but the allure and the addiction is just as real as that white powder: greenbacks. Lots of it. FREE MONEY they say. Until it isn’t free. Or not there at all.

And it is solely the fault of NH Republican elected “leaders” that opened up OUR (financial) veins to inject it into the NH budget. They ha /have no political will to resist, only “gimme, gimme, gimme.”

Though he’s declared himself no fan of Obamacare, Gov. Chris Sununu and fellow Republican governors John Kasich of Ohio and Charlie Baker of Massachusetts oppose the bill because it would cost their states money. Lots of money. New Hampshire would lose $1 billion in federal revenue between 2020 and 2026 which could force the state to, horror of horrors, consider the imposition of a sales or income tax, Sununu said. The alternative, of course, would be to reduce Medicaid benefits, raise eligibility levels and insure fewer people.

So now the NH Republicans may have to walk the political equivalent of the Katahdin’ Knife Edge – which way are they going to fall?

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