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Belknap County Deb Schakett 11-12-22 Delegation Notice

Belknap County Delegation – Chair Harry Bean Leads Republicans to Vote to Raise your County Taxes by 35.4%

March 9, 2023 Skip

Yep, that’s right. Instead of doing the right things by the right process (e.g., not properly noticing the Budget meetings, not making the proper motions, seconds, and votes on changing line item amounts, trying to circumvent NH’s Right To Know Law) that tainted / despoiled their work (look what happens when you try to cut … Read more

Citizens For Belknap - there I fixed it for ya!

Belknap County Delegation Chair Harry Bean Proves That the Peter Principle Is Alive and Well – The Video Edition

March 9, 2023 Skip

From Part 1:

The Reps that are being scapegoated by Harry Bean are Reps that have experience in doing these budgets. They also know the Law better than he does. And they have no problem calling out lapses in Following the Law and/or mistakes.

Woke Trojan Horse into Education Schools Twitter

Notable Quote –

March 8, 2023 Skip

The political left has never understood that, if you give the government enough power to create “social justice,” you have given it enough power to create despotism. Millions of people around the world have paid with their lives for overlooking that -Prof. Thomas Sowell ( Barbarians Inside the Gates) “Social Justice” is really Mob Justice. … Read more

Belknap County Delegation Chair Harry Bean Proves That the Peter Principle Is Alive and Well

March 8, 2023 Skip

Background: Well, Monday night was supposed to be THE night that the Belknap County Delegation (made up of all the NH State Representatives from Belknap County) to finalize the Belknap County budget for the next year. The “Biz” items on the Agenda: Approve Budget Review Committee Minutes of February 15, 2023 Presentation of Review Committee’s … Read more

Sununu’s Polling “Line In The Sand”: CPAC Version

March 8, 2023 Skip

Remember, *I* didn’t draw this line in the political sand; Governor Sununu did that. Mr. Sununu also warned minor candidates not to carve up the field.

Quick thought: So NH Governor Believes that Conservatives are all Extremists?

March 7, 2023March 7, 2023 Skip

He’s on NBC’s Meet The Press with Chuck Todd (that was yesterday morning, btw That was Sunday – Steve moved this post time-wise) who is a former Democrat political operative and worked for Democrat Senator Tom Harkin to show his Dem bona fides. He had Baby Huey on (there are always “pet Republicans” for the … Read more

So No One is Holding Belknap County Chair Harry Bean Accountable for his RSA 91-A Misfits?

March 6, 2023March 6, 2023 Skip

So some birdies have been tweeting in my ear that a bunch of meetings have been held without proper noticing, the public doesn’t know, “fast and loose” is a phrase that could be applied to these “Citizens for Belknap PAC (Democrat) Republicans”. Starting to sound like a new project…guess I should go to the meeting … Read more

Attention NH GOP Chair Chris Ager: NH GOP E-Board Member Thad Riley Endorses a Democrat over a Republican

March 6, 2023 Skip

Chairman Ager, You notably stated at your acceptance speech upon being elected the NH GOP RNC Committeeman that “GraniteGrok will hold me accountable”. Now as NH GOP Chair, those words are even more important. And yes, we are holding you accountable to uphold the Party strictures on Republicans that have decided to disregard this specific … Read more

American College of Surgery – Goes Woke. Bans Surgeon for Questioning its DIE & “Systemic Racism” Mantras

March 6, 2023March 5, 2023 Skip

Emphasis mine:

:In April 2021, after thirty years as a Fellow in good standing in the American College of Surgeons (ACS), I was banned for life from the ACS Communities, the online discussion forum for ACS Fellows.

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Do You Doubt that Democrats Hate Parents and Believe They are the Problem When It Comes To Children?

July 23, 2024March 5, 2023 Skip

NH Dem Chair Ray Buckley “beat their kids to death.” Biden and AG called Parents “Domestic Terrorists.” Majority Report on HB114 (emphasis mine):

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Data Point – So HOW Much Bigger Are the US Stock Markets vs Rest of the World?

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 Skip

42% big. From Visual Capitalist: (click to embiggen) It seems paradoxical that only 4% of the world’s population is so productive that it is still responsible for a plurality of the world’s Gross National Product. Note, too, that while Japan may have more companies listed on the Nikki, each of the US markets, NY Stock … Read more

Quick Thought – Yes, He’s Right and the LGB “Community” Needs To Shame The Trans-Authoritarians

March 3, 2023March 3, 2023 Skip

Nothing but bullies with chips on their shoulders, trying to portray themselves as “victims”, and a penchant for aggressively trying to ruin other peoples’ lives that refuse to go along with their delusions.

Notable Quote – Resenting the Self-Proclaimed “Elites”

March 2, 2023 Skip

The self-proclaimed elites have, over the last couple of decades, been proving they are not all that elite: “There is a perception that the multiple ladders of success which have existed in American society are increasingly being collapsed into a single ladder, with access tightly controlled via educational credentials.

Colin Booth – So Nice of Him To Show Us What a Democrat Scumbag He Is

March 1, 2023 Skip

What are the watchwords of Progressive / Democrats / other assorted Leftists? In their own Wokeness, they are all about “tolerance,” “inclusive | inclusiveness,” “affirmation,” and “community.” They bandy them about as if they believed them as the highest attributes in the world. If only they acted and spoke in concert with them. Unfortunately, like … Read more

The EU and Japan have a Nuke Energy Pact To Save The Climate – Radical Greenie Heads Exploding!

March 1, 2023 Skip

Former Clamshell Alliance Seabrook Nuclear Station Protester (and now the Federal Government Overlord for NH) Jeanne Shaheen is trying desperately trying to conjure up a caldron of spells to reverse this Japan/EU NukeExpansion project.

Dems+Kids+Pornography, Govt Schools Can’t Teach Math, NH School Choice, and More! – Stack of Stuff #39

March 1, 2023 Skip

It’s been over a month since my last edition and a lot of stuff has been stacking up – and fast! So, let’s get started! Pornography is in our Public / Government Schools – that is incontrovertibly true. I sent out a number of Right To Knows here in NH (gotta restart that investigation!), and … Read more

OK, It’s Early But NH Governor Chris Sununu DID Draw a Line In The Sand On This

February 28, 2023 Skip

And that would be this: Hangover: An “Evergreen” statement by Sununu himself on low-rated wannabes: Mr. Sununu also warned minor candidates not to carve up the field. “I think there’s a lot of hope and opportunity for good candidates to get in, drive the message where it needs to be,” he said. “But the discipline … Read more

A Marshall University Professor Said That You Have to EARN Your Second Amendment Right to Own and Carry.

February 28, 2023 Skip

That would be Chris White who is against what this W. Virginia bill would allow (reformatted, emphasis mine) this restoration of a specific Right in a certain location and whose view can be seen as “Safetyism trumps EVERYTHING!” (er, I’ve heard something like this before Chris Sununu, can you help me out on this): A … Read more