BUMPED: in doing some research (after all, we pretty much talk about all things political so with close to 25,000 posts, the ‘Grok has become its own research center), I came across this where NH GOP Chair Jennifer Horn was boosting Obamacare’s Medicaid Expansion. First published on 11/18/2013, it shows that, 3 years later, how well the Bipartisan Fusion Party / Jr. Lackeys of the Welfare State had “the fix” in even back then.
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Palate Cleanser: Blowing up a bridge
Yeah, a “semi-commercial” for GoPro cameras but hey, it’s a lot closer to the actual action than we normally see when stuff gets blown up intentionally. Cool slomo, though…. (H/T: LikeCool)
CloseUP – Jeanne Shaheen and WMUR’s crappy transcript
Yup, another Sunday, another CloseUP and this week, Josh McElven had US Senator Jeanne Shaheen (or better described as the Federal Government’s Ambassador to New Hampshire) and perhaps Candidate-To-Be Rich Ashooh for US Congress in CD-1 (he formally announces tomorrow). She said a couple of things that caught my ear so I figured, per normal, to add my thoughts.
That said, you can see that I started to manually do the transcription (the lower case) but today I saw that WMUR provided one. Well, they SAY that do but I found that it SUCKS. You can tell because I left theirs in UPPER CASE and I filled in with lower case. Ya’d think a multi-million if they were going to do transcripts, WOULD DO TRANSCRIPTS!
But, you have me. At times. McElven asked her about the opiate addiction problem / heroin crises here in NH and the Feds now getting involved:
CloseUP: Rich Ashooh in CD1 and an even crappier transcript from WMUR
In the second third of CloseUP, Rich Ashooh did his pre-announcement announcement for US Congress in CD-1 and challenging Frank Guinta, the incumbent. We covered Rich back in 2010 when he ran the first time and I guess the interactions I had with him were favorable – I started calling him “Gentleman Rich” as he was always the perfect gentleman. It will be interesting to see how this goes – and I wonder if his entrance into the race had anything to do with Dan Innis’s rather quick exit from it.
Anyways, he got the same question about the opiate problem here in NH that Jeanne Shaheen did. But first McElven asked him about the current political climate – and I thought his answer a bit curious:
Sidenote: again, UPPER CASE is WMUR’s transcript with the lower case my fill-ins and corrections
ON BOTH SIDES, Democrat and Republican let’s not forget, THERE, there, — THERE’s THESE RIFTS GOING ON and that sort of thing. I think the goal for the Republicans is to try to FIND THE MESSAGE buried in a lot of the, quite frankly, bombast that we’re seeing on the news shows.
Really, a “messaging” problem? Er, no. Sure, yes, when you listen to Donald
Louder with Crowder: Bernie’s “Democratic Socialism” is still Socialism – you don’t get to decide for yourself
Steven Crowder ‘splains why Democrat Socialism as espoused by Bernie is still Socialism with all of the evils that we saw both last century and this one. And what Bernie won’t tell you – once implemented, YOU get less space to make decisions for youself. If you vote for Bernie, you will saying “Government, YOU … Read more
Good guy with a gun – concealed carrier stops attempted burglar – on TV!
Sorry, Bloomberg, but there ARE a lot of times where a good guy with a gun does make a positive impact even if a shot is never fired. In fact, that is the majority of the time – no trigger is ever pulled. And this one, where it looks like someone was about to break … Read more
Notable Quote – Leland Yeager, David Tuerck
The case for democracy is simply a case for making political decisions by one particular kind of rules rather than another; it is not a case for unnecessarily politicizing more and more aspects of life. This distinction unmasks the familiar demands for “democratizing” something or subjecting something to “democratic control,” which means government control. The … Read more
Here’s one of those “Good Guy with a Gun” that the Hoplophobes say doesn’t exist
Heh! (reformatted, emphasis mine)!
An armed citizen cornered armed robbers and told them, “My gun is bigger than yours.” According to Cleveland.com, police say two armed suspects, a 19-year-old Parma man and an 18-year-old Cleveland man, entered Suleyman’s Supermarket on Cleveland’s West Side just before 10 p.m. and demanded money. The store owner gave the suspects around $300, and they turned to leave, only to see a police officer standing outside. Panicked, the two armed men ran through the store to exit in the back, but were stopped by a citizen with a gun.
Democracy Spring – MOBS disrupt, democracies reason
Unless of course, you are using the language and definitions of the Left which at that point, democracy = mobs under the Left’s control. And certainly, the Democracy Spring march, in which NH Rebellion is participating, is all that and more:
Washington, beware: Democracy Spring is officially on its way to “reclaim the People’s House.”
So declared Kai Newkirk, Democracy Spring’s campaign director, who spoke to Breitbart News on Saturday while the movement marched outside the city limits of Philadelphia. “We are going to disrupt business as usual until our demands are reached,” stated Newkirk.
The coalition of far-left groups plotting mass civil disobedience, with thousands pledging to risk arrest, launched its operation on Saturday at Liberty Bell in Philadelphia’s Independence Mall.
Now, let’s go back in time when the TEA Party rallies started –
NH’s very own Vermin Supreme!
But most of us have a fond (if chuckling) spot in our hearts for the “Boot on the Head” guy! (H/T: Liberal Logic 101)
Humor & politics: Donut capacity
If donuts were magazines… (H/T: Liberal Logic 101)
Data Point – Job Growth or Stagflation?
Take that 14.4 million job growth number. That sounds impressive doesn’t it? But that job growth is stretched over almost six full years, during which time the working age population grew by 15.8 million. In that respect, we’ve lost ground on jobs under Obama. “What’s more, that 14.4 million increase in jobs is measured against … Read more
Proving the ‘Grok’s point: NH Rebellion to join with over 100 Leftist / Socialist groups for a civil disobedience march
The ‘Grok has written about NH Rebellion on a number of occasions – this post is due to getting a Presser from them AND the Democrat Socialists of America (NH Rebellion’s Many Progressive Bedfellows, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here).
You’ve seen the Leftist protesters at the Trump rallies and they have said they will be targeting other Republicans and the Republican Convention – anyone my age or older remembers Chicago ’68 when the same type of folks tried to force the Democrats to their will. Not exactly non-violent, was it? So now the NH Rebellion has decided that it is going to participate in a march with these folks – their Presser is after the jump – and it is clear from reading the Leftist sites that the NH Rebellion is whitewashing what is about to happen.
The problem is NOT with an inanimate object – it IS about what’s in the Human Heart
(H/T: Liberal Logic 101)
Great questions that Pro-Lifers can ask Pro-Aborts – and don’t let them off the hook:
The first comes from RedState: If human life doesn’t begin at conception, can you please explain how human life is possible absent conception? The second comes courtesy of Ben Shapiro while speaking at a college campus and being challenged by pro-abortionists: (H/T: Daily Wire)
Remember, it is only a tool
(H/T: Liberal Logic 101)
Remember, it’s called Self-Responsibility
Decisions have consequences – choose wisely (H/T: Liberal Logic 101)
John Kasich: “I got into politics…to change the world”
From that screenshot, can you tell him apart from any run of the mill Democrat (much less Hillary or Bernie, who share those values)? Go here to see which NH politicians share those values by their endorsements (like Judd Gregg and John E Sununu).
He was quoted on WMUR on that line a couple of nights ago. When I heard it, I just shook my head – what Conservative would say such a thing? Conservatarians don’t want to change the world they want to, you know, conserve it. We don’t believe we are the ones that should (or can) force large numbers of folks to change their lifestyles just because we think it would be better for them. Oh sure, we may try to persuade them of it but ultimately it is their choice.
Obamacare – distorting in the Lakes Region
“…by the Affordable Care Act“
Once again, the blame resides entirely with Democrats for these job losses that otherwise would not occur – not a single Republican in the US House or Senate voted to effectively nationalize the nation’s healthcare and healthcare insurance industries. And as we go further into it, we see that costs are going up, this Affordable Care Act is turning more and more unaffordable, and it is having large negative impacts on the “little people” that Democrats profess to be for. Such is the transformation that Obama promised. From the Laconia Citizen (emphasis mine, reformatted):
58 lose jobs at LRGHealthcare
LACONIA — Changes in healthcare delivery and resulting financial challenges led to the layoff of more than four dozen workers at LRGHealthcare in Laconia on Tuesday. The staff reduction of 58 LRGHealthcare employees amounts to less than 4 percent of the LRGH workforce.
On Feminism…
(H/T: Liberal Logic 101)