I’ve held on to this for a while, so let me start off by saying that I agree with Matt Margolis: Rachel Levine Says ‘Misgendering’ Trans People Is ‘Mean-Spirited’—It’s Not . Levine is the transgender US Assistant Secretary of Health and the affirmative action four-star admiral in the US Public Health Service Commissioned Corp.
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So, [Republican? Snicker!] Gov. Chris Sununu Told Us All That He Is Anti-parents and All in for the Teacher’s Unions.
I AM ONE OF THOSE PARENTS THAT THE SCHOOL WON’T TELL ME WHAT THE TRANSGENDER STATUS OF MY LEGAL SON IS (“So How Did It Feel, Gilford School Board, to Watch Your Principal Lie to Me in Public Because of Your Policy JBAB?“)! And Sununu wants to keep it that way!
Gunstock: What Was Foretold Is Now Reality: Guida Retiring, Nominates Lang as Handpicked “Political Son.” Nailed It!
WMUR: State Sen. Giuda announces retirement, endorses Rep. Lang as replacement Not 10 minutes after he got booted from the Committee of Conference where his bill to redo Gunstock went down in flames as Chuck Morse shoved him out of the way. Now, I can’t take total credit for this prophecy made back on April … Read more
Palate Cleanser – This Is Why I Won’t Allow Myself to Own a Chainsaw
And some of these folks are “professionals”! At first, I didn’t think I’d be interested in it but figured I’d take a peek at the video. The more I watched, I felt like one of those folks that DVR NASCAR races and speed through the race looking only for crashes. ‘Cept with this, there were … Read more
So has NH State Senator Bob Guida just killed his own bill in the Committee of Conference?
UPDATE! HB1397 has been killed. Success Leaders: NH State Rep/Belknap County Delegation Chair Mike Sylvia, NH State Rep and House Majority Leader Jason Osborne, GAC Commissioner Dave Strang, and NH State Rep Norm Silber, Diane Pauer and Speaker Sherm Packard. UPDATE 2: It looks like Guida got a bit of comeupence like Kimberly Rice did on … Read more
So, NH State Rep Kimberly Rice Hates Parents and the Parental Rights Bill that Empowers Them Over School Boards.
UPDATE! The Senate Parental Bill of Rights has been accepted by the Committee of Conference. There are a couple of line differences between the House and Senate so there will be a vote next Thursday. Then Gov. Sununu has to sign it. YAY! NH State Rep Kimberly Rice was “demoted” from Chair and Majority Leader … Read more
Data Point – For All the Talk That Trump Is Now Fading, He’s Got a Great Candidate-Picking Track Record
I wish I had this kind of track record. Reformatted, emphasis mine: EXCLUSIVE: President Trump’s Endorsements Matter – Last Night 23-2-1 (TBD-Oz) – Overall 81 Wins, 3 Losses, 1 TBD (Oz) President Trump’s endorsements are golden. After last night, President Trump’s results to date are 81-3-1 (Oz). Last night was another huge win for Americans … Read more
So McDonald’s Thinks It Can Force “Ordering Compliance”? The Follow Up – Part 2
So my first post, “So McDonald’s Thinks It Can Force “Ordering Compliance”?“, told the tale of poor customer service at the Laconia McDonalds (“You WILL use our ordering kiosk – Oh, the sausage burrito isn’t on it…”) and then attempting to get in contact with a responsible adult (“So McDonald’s Thinks It Can Force “Ordering … Read more
Quick Thought – Laconia School District Superintendent Steve Tucker – such a MAHVALOUS Staff Manager, He is!
Ayup, we’ve been blogging a bit about his skills with people – Steve Tucker, the Curriculum Director reject from the Gilford School District is now, as word has come to me, 3-0 on managing and encouraging his School Principals working at Laconia’s Elementary Schools. Three for three… …he encouraged them to quit. Leave. Vamoose. So … Read more
Data Point – SpaceX Is about to Disrupt the Airline Industry
I should read it more often but I haven’t just yet. This post from there is from February and the numbers that will tilt to make SpaceX a more efficient, more cost-effective, and MUCH faster transport mechanisms have only continued to get better from it. What Brian Wang is postulating is that SpaceX’s StarShip, along … Read more
So McDonald’s Thinks It Can Force “Ordering Compliance”? The Follow Up – Part 1
Although I finished my previous post concerning the bad Customer Service experience we had, as well as emailing its contents to the two entities whose dreary jobs must be in handling complaints, late last night, I kinda figured that some kind of contact would be made by now. After all, one (that would be me) … Read more
So McDonald’s Thinks It Can Force “Ordering Compliance”?
Last week, the Grandson had to have a tooth removed (lower front as his permanent tooth had erupted behind that baby tooth) and a couple of cavities filled. TMEW promised him that later on that day, we’d take him to McDonald’s. Well, that didn’t happen as he, like many kids his age, bit his lower … Read more
Announcement: GilfordGrok is now LakesRegionGrok!
When Doug and I started GraniteGrok, things were fine and dandy as we were blogging about State and National level issues (for the most part). Then we discovered that wasn’t holding water any more as we found, under the rubric of “What’s happening in our town is happening in yours”, we took a look backwards and saw that we were doing more Gilford politics than not. Figuring that folks might not like that emphasis, we started our first “MicroGrok” (even as we didn’t think of it in that fashion) in starting GilfordGrok. We now announce that it is growing up: LakesRegionGrok.
School Board Assoc. “Bails” on Transgender Policy – Abandons Districts Facing Lawsuits from Parents
The New Hampshire School Board Association has bailed on its policy JBABA, the transgender guidance proposed to NH districts a few years back, leaving districts facing lawsuits in the lurch. That would be SAU16 (Exeter), SAU37 (Manchester), and SAU73 (Gilford).
Did Gunstock Area Commissioner Gary Kiedaisch Really Believe That Chair Peter Ness Would Do as He Demanded about GraniteGrok?
I mentioned this email by GAC Commish Kiedaisch complaining about GraniteGrok during the last segment of GrokTALK! (YAY! We’re BACK!) that we recorded last Monday (with special guest Rob Russell of 2A Tactical who is also suffering from similar political action in Barrington).
Quick Thought: So, Ukrainians Don’t Have to Pay Taxes on Captured Russian Tanks or Such?
Other than Letters of Marque in the US Constitution (Article I, Section 8, Clause 11: To declare war, grant letters of marque and reprisal, and make rules concerning captures on land and water”), I can’t remember the IRS putting out such a notice that if you take an enemy’s stuff off the battlefield, you don’t have to report it.
Notable Quote – So What Do Property, Prices, and Profit Have to Do with Each Other?
Absent the three Ps of property, prices, and profit and loss, individuals will be devoid of the incentives and information required to continually innovate and coordinate their plans to realize the gains from trade and the gains from innovation.
NH Senate Debate – Parental Bill of Rights
May 5, 2022 was the Senate hearing on HB1431 – a Parental Bill of Rights I asked both NH State Reps Paul Terry and Jeffrey Gleeson Greeson (thanks John, for the correction!) for comment. Paul Terry sent this commentary in with this link: Lo and behold, in the article covering Sen. Kahn’s announced retirement from … Read more
Palate Cleanser: shooting an egg at 50 Frames/sec, then 10,000, then 50,000; 100,000 fps; then…
Shot speed: 747 mph. From not seeing the bullet at all, to seeing it traverse the egg, to seeing the rifling applied to the round, can see the shock wavse (leading and trailing), to seeing the impact without the exit immediately. The faster the frame speed, the more details you can see. Up to 1,000,000 frames … Read more
Data Point: “World Map of Billionaires”
Capitalism – while this economic system has lifted up more people out of poverty than any other, it has also created almost unimaginable wealth for some. Inequality is part and parcel of it – some perform better than others, some can recognize opportunity faster than others, and others can serve their fellow man far better … Read more